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Censorship attempt in Helena school library
A parent in Helena, Montana, is attempting to have a book about horses removed from her local elementary school library because it devotes two pages to discussing equine evolution. SfN Statement on Evolution and Intelligent Design
NCSE is pleased to announce a further addition to Voices for Evolution: a statement on evolution and intelligent design from the Society for Neuroscience, reading in part, "Recognizing that the theory of Evolution is the fundamental scientific theory or cornerstone that helps us to understand and study the origins and diversity of living organisms, the Society for Neuroscience supports teaching evolution in science classrooms, and opposes the assertion that Intelligent Design Theory (ID) is a valid scientific alternative." Georgia Revises Draft Science Standards
On February 19, the Georgia Department of Education released revised versions of proposed new science standards, with major changes in the sections dealing with evolution. When the drafts of the Georgia Performance Standards for Science were first released for public comment in January, the word "evolution," as well as most of the significant concepts related to this topic, were not included in them.
"Alternative Theories" Legislation in Alabama
On February 17, Senate Bill 336 -- entitled the "Academic Freedom Act" -- was introduced in the Alabama state Senate and referred to the Senate Education Committee. Statement Opposing Missouri's HB911
More than 250 Missouri scientists and educators have released a statement opposing proposed legislation requiring equal time for "intelligent design" whenever evolution is taught. House Bill 911 in the Missouri General Assembly was filed earlier this year, and has been receiving attention within the state, although it has not yet moved beyond the introduction stage. Pages |
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IACD's Speakers Series
"Forging Identity: The Power and Poetics of Embodied Consciousness"
A Latina Perspective with Dr. Antonia Darder
Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
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Western Illinois University will host a presentation by Professor Antonia Darder, an internationally lauded educator, on Thursday, October 4, 2007, in 109 Morgan Hall from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Darder is the second in a series of speakers who will be on campus to address the issue of identity development. The first presentation, delivered in the spring by Dr. Thomas A. Parham, focused on "The Struggle for Identity Congruence in African Americans." Dr. Darder, a native of Puerto Rico who teaches in Educational Policy Studies and Latino/Latina Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will discuss "Forging Identity: The Power and Poetics of Embodied Consciousness."
In this free presentation, Professor Darder will examine the impact of social, cultural, economic, and political issues on the development of identity and social consciousness from the standpoint of a Puerto Rican woman's personal history. More specifically, she will use her own historical narrative, her autobiography, to make the case that identity is shaped not solely by individual subjectivity, but in very significant ways by the larger historical conditions and societal forces that shape our strategies of survival, as both individuals and social beings.
Dr. Darder is exceptionally well qualified for this exploration, having emigrated at age three with her mother as part of an exodus of impoverished Puerto Ricans who thought life on the mainland would be better. She grew up in poverty in East Los Angeles and as a young adult, despite her status as a single mother on welfare, began studies at Pasadena City College in 1972, later attending Cal State Los Angeles and Pacific Oaks College before earning her PhD from Claremont Graduate University in 1989. She became a pediatric nurse and then a licensed psychotherapist, concentrating on poor working class Spanish-speaking families in her practice. Much of her doctoral work in education revolved around "Critical Pedagogy, Cultural Democracy, and Biculturalism: The Foundation for a Critical Theory of Bicultural Education," the subject of her dissertation.
At a conference on Paulo Freire's work, Ms Darder met Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, Donaldo Macedo and other scholars in the critical pedagogy movement in the United States. The meeting catapulted her work into deep critical engagement with questions related to oppressed cultures, languages, and schooling and resulted in the 1991 publication of her classic text, Culture and Power in the Classroom. Her scholarship, shaped by her identity as a working class woman of color at the margins of mainstream society, has consistently reflected her commitment to critical pedagogy and her uncompromising commitment to struggle for social justice, human rights, and economic democracy.
Dr. Darder's most recognized subsequent publications include Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love, which was named outstanding book in curriculum for 2001-2002 by the American Educational Research Association and explores Freire's theories within the context of U.S. public schools, The Critical Pedagogy Reader (co-edited with Rodolfo D. Torres and Marta Baltodano), and After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism, which she co-authored with Torres and which analyzes the significance of class in understanding how racism functions within a capitalist society.
Paralleling Professor Darder's scholarly work has been her activism in grassroots struggles tied to education rights, workers' rights, bilingual education, women's issues, and immigrant rights. She firmly believes critical scholars, researchers, and teachers must move out of their academic comfort zones to work with activists who challenge oppressive conditions and stifling social structures.
Dr. Darder's visit to WIU will include discussions with several classes and a meeting with deans and chairs as well as her evening presentation. The WIU Expanding Cultural Diversity Project and Casa Latina are sponsoring this visit. For further information, please contact Janice Welsch (firstname.lastname@example.com) / 309-298-2057), J.Q. Adams (email@example.com) / 309-298-3698) or Alda Godines (firstname.lastname@example.com / 309-298-3379).


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Yesterday, we reported on an upcoming ad campaign for the new ABC series 'V.' The campaign, which involves skywriting over the landmarks in several U.S. cities, has caught the angry eye of some environmental watchdogs-slash-tv critics such as Lisa de Moraes of The Washington Post. In her column today, de Moraes looks at some of the environmental cost of the new campaign, admitting it's not the end of the world, but definitely calling out The Walt Disney Company as being somewhat hypocritical.
Kirstie Kelly Unveils Bridal Wear Inspired by Princess Tiana, Snow White at New York's Bridal Week
NEW YORK – October 18, 2009—Disney Consumer Products (DCP) and renowned couture designer Kirstie Kelly are launching an exquisite gown inspired by Princess Tiana, Disney's newest princess in more than ten years and the first African American Disney Princess character from the highly anticipated animated musical film, The Princess and the Frog. The Tiana gown will take its place in the phenomenally successful Kirstie Kelly for Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings line as the signature piece of an all new collection of bridal gowns. The new collection also includes the Snow White Diamond Edition gown, all new "Maidens" for bridesmaids, "Blossoms" for flower girls and a new line of fine jewelry with renowned jeweler Mouawad, each inspired by a Disney Princess character.
Walt Disney World Works with U.S. Mint to Change Its Currency
Via its new blog, Walt Disney World has announced that it is participating in a pilot program to enter US $1 coins into circulation from retail and dining locations in Epcot's American Adventure and Magic Kingdom's Liberty Square.
Quoting it as a move towards the Disney-coined environmentality iniative, the coins will be distributed in lieu of 'paper' dollar bills as change.
Disney's Animal Kingdom Welcomes Two Giraffes to the World
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Oct. 19, 2009 — Walt Disney World Resort recently welcomed two male calves to the giraffe herd at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Weighing 153 pounds, Bolo was born Oct. 12 to second-time mother Big Girl, who first birthed a female calf in November 2005. On Oct. 5, the Disney's Animal Programs team helped to deliver 166-pound calf Bruehler from third-time mother Aibuni. As newborns, both male calves stand nearly six feet tall and could grow to be as tall as 15 – 18 feet as adults.
New ABC Campaign has Visitors from 'V' Marking the Skies Above U.S. Landmarks
NOTE: This promotion has been canceled.
"V" – PREMIERES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) — "V" is a re-imagining of the 1980s' miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race. With huge spaceships simultaneously appearing over 29 cities around the world, the Visitors (or V's) seem to promote a message of peace. Through their generous offer to share advanced technology, the V's quickly build a following that may be overlooking a more malevolent agenda.
Disney XD to Premiere Original Movie 'Skyrunners', Preview of 'I'm in the Band' November 27
A thrilling original movie ushers in an exciting original series with the premiere of the science-fiction adventure "Skyrunners" and the special full episode preview of the live action sitcom "I'm in the Band," FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 on Disney XD. The premiere of "Skyrunners" will be sponsored by Ubisoft's Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage game and formatted exclusively for the client, with limited programming breaks. The preview of "I'm in the Band" will be sponsored by Pepperidge Farm Cheddar Goldfish crackers. "I'm in the Band" will have its regular timeslot premiere in January, 2010.
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Adventures By Disney and Harper Collins Launch New 'Flat Stanley' Site, Announce Contest
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 — One of the most adventurous characters in children's literature, Flat Stanley, traveled to the prestigious Library of Congress today where he, along with the first three books in Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures series, were inducted into the Library to help Adventures by Disney and HarperCollins Children's Books celebrate an exciting new project called "The Search for Flat Stanley's Next BIG Adventure."
Due to his peculiar ability to be mailed to different locations, Stanley is the most well-traveled character in children's literature, traveling around the world thousands of times annually in an educational project that has become a classic of the American classroom. Now budding writers and artists are invited to create their own Flat Stanley story in "The Search for Flat Stanley's Next BIG Adventure." In this nationwide contest, children ages 7 to 12 can win an Adventures by Disney vacation by creating a specially themed Flat Stanley and a 150-word story about his "Next BIG Adventure."
Entries will be judged in three age groups – one for 7 to 8-year-olds, one for 9 to 10-year-olds and one for 11 to 12-year-olds. One winner will be chosen in each age group and each of the three winners can choose one of Adventures by Disney's 19 worldwide vacations for their prize.
Parents, kids and educators can check out www.FlatStanleyBooks.com/AdventuresbyDisney for Official Rules and complete information on the Contest; fun, interactive games; and fascinating informational resources. The Contest runs through November 30, 2009 and no purchase is necessary to enter or win.
UPDATE: Disney's PhotoPass PhotoCD Pre-Order Offer No Longer Available to Public
The big PhotoPass news keeps on coming and this one is sure to disappoint even more people than the last item we reported about the extension fees.
A Stitch Kingdom reader has made us aware that the link to pre-order PhotoPass is no longer working. Sure enough, the page now automatically gets re-directed to this page which specifically affirms the already established policy that the offer is meant solely for those who are invited to participate by email.
Sneak Peek: Bonus Feature from 'Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure' Visits Walt Disney World
Not too long ago, we showed you how the original computer graphics (CG) models from the actual films helped produce the Toy Story Definitive Collection from Thinkway Toys. Today, we're going to take a look at the same type of technology being used for an entirely different purpose: bringing Pixie Hollow to life at the 2009 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.
Ghoulish Gift Cards from Disney Make for Some Spooky Spending on Treats this Season
Apologies for being a bit late on reporting this, but available at select retail locations at the Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts are these Halloween-themed Disney Gift Cards, pictured to the left. Where the image is white, the card is actually transparent.


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+ - DARPA opens registrations for for first FANG challenge->
cylonlover (1921924) writes "Earlier this year, DARPA revealed it was embracing the crowdsourcing model to develop a new amphibious infantry vehicle known as the FANG (Fast, Adaptable, Next-Generation Ground Vehicle). Now designers and engineers with expertise in drivetrain and mobility systems who wouldn't mind an extra US$1 million lining their pockets can express their interest with DARPA now opening registrations for the first of three planned challenges that will kick off in January 2013."
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Robotic surgery is a method to perform surgery using very small tools attached to a robotic arm. The surgeon controls the robotic arm with a computer.
Robot-assisted surgery; Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic surgery with robotic assistance
You will be given general anesthesia so that you are asleep and pain-free.
The surgeon sits at a computer station and directs the movements of a robot. Small surgical tools are attached to the robot's arms.
Robotic surgery is similar to laparoscopic surgery. It can be performed through smaller cuts than open surgery. The small, precise movements that are possible with this type of surgery give it some advantages over standard endoscopic techniques.
The surgeon can make small, precise movements using this method. This can allow the surgeon to do a procedure through a small cut that once could be done only with open surgery.
Once the robotic arm is placed in the abdomen, it is easier for the surgeon to use the surgical tools than with laparoscopic surgery through an endoscope.
The surgeon can also see the area where the surgery is performed more easily. This method lets the surgeon move in a more comfortable way, as well.
Robotic surgery can take longer to perform. This is due to the amount of time needed to set up the robot. Also, many hospitals may not have access to this method.
Robotic surgery may be used for a number of different procedures, including:
Robotic surgery cannot be used for some complex procedures.
The risks for any anesthesia are:
The risks for any surgery are:
Robotic surgery has as many risks as open and laparoscopic surgery. However, the risks are different.
You cannot have any food or fluid for 8 hours before the surgery.
You may need to cleanse your bowels with an enema or laxative the day before surgery for some types of procedures.
Stop taking aspirin, blood thinners such as warfarin (Coumadin) or Plavix, anti-inflammatory medications, vitamins, or other supplements 10 days before the procedure.
You will be taken to a recovery room after the procedure. Depending on the type of surgery performed, you may have to stay in the hospital overnight or for a couple of days.
You should be able to walk within a day after the procedure. How soon you are active will depend on the surgery that was done.
Avoid heavy lifting or straining until your doctor gives you the OK. Your doctor may tell you not to drive for at least a week.
Surgical cuts are smaller than with traditional open surgery. Benefits include:
Eichel L, McDougall EM, Clayman RV. Fundamentals of laparoscopic and robotic urologic surgery. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 9.
Fried GM. Emerging technology in surgery: Informatics, electronics, robotics. In: Townsend CM Jr, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 17.
Oleynikov D. Robotic surgery. Surg Clin N Am. 2008;88:1121-1130.
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I strongly, really & heartily ask the respondents to be wise enough for a permanent peace of the whole country.We can live on the same land together peacefully.music downloads sites
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I strongly, really & heartily ask the respondents to be wise enough for a permanent peace of the whole country.We can live on the same land together peacefully.music downloads sites
It's quite surprising then that Burmese government is pushing further ahead the easement of the harsh regulations and law implemented over last decades. When considering the severity of law-enforcement policies, as the one mentionned above to 'have their rights respected' by bullying and mistreating civilians, we could expect the overall Burmese political situation to be as violent and unethical as the way it handles the Kachin state issue. However, it is easing its treatment toward politicians from the opposition, such as Aung San Suu Kyi who, after being put under house arret for lingering years, is now being given more and more freedom of speech and can thus forward her ideology all across the country without being sanctionned. But it's now time for observation, only in the medium-run will we be able to make an assessment about whether or not the country managed to shift from an harsh autoritarian state to an actual democracy in which the people is not bullied by its own national army.
Unity makes us stronger,more peaceful & more splendid.We make a new history.I strongly,really & heartily ask the respondents to be wise enough for a permanent peace of the whole country.We can live on the same land together peacefully.Why can't we make a dialogue for peace?May GOD bless us!
Because the Bamar are racist and want to kill or deport all of the ethnic minorities so that they can establish a "pure Bamar race" in Myanmar.
Also the Bamar want lebensraum, or living space, and well let's face it; you ethnic minorities are in the way.
We never think like it.We're so proud of so many diversity of cultures and races.Pls break out the old idea inherited by British who had adopted policy to control the country well.Our leader,General Aung San, had collaborated with leaders of minority groups to create a country for freedom and peace for every citizens like US.We're like a human body. Every system is important.
Unfortunate your loose characterization is true. But ONLY for the Bamar Military commonly known a "Sit-tut" but they, and now a large portion of people who want to suck them up (led by Aung San Suu Kyi), call it the "Tatmadaw".
All the killing, inhumane treatments and immoral discrimination as well as indoctrination of the larger populace has been the hallmark of the military.
But here comes the irony. Thein Sein , the bald monkey king of the Looting Thugs' army is now lauded, feted and fed and watered by "the international community" which itself is a code word for elected representatives of the multinational companies which are currently falling over each other in a shameless stampede to rape and destroy the last few virgin land and society of the planet earth. All,other areas of the globe touched by the multinationals truly turned into wasteland and toxic bloom in nature and society.
But all hope is not lost. While there are people still pining for the non-existent effective and moral leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi, 88 Group, etc., true Burmese public on the ground are seeing through all the façade and are starting to march, figuratively and literally, to get to the real freedom of the masses of people with no yoke of the multinationals and their local- so called political parties, so-called "media people", etc,and international agents- governments, loan agencies (IMF, WB, ADB), etc.
In a year's time all the current predictions will be found to be wrong. There is unseen but gargantuan people's force not reckoned thus far. When that happens it will be seen that real Burmese public are not chauvinistic or violent at all but truly progressive in world outlook and ethics.
After all, gender equality in Burma is not a social progress. It is the very nature. Buddha could not pay back enough to his mother.
If peace and true happy society is the desired Burma, support the grass root movements. And denounce the racist military. And its figureheads. and promoters who are aplenty.
haha.. your brain is so fucked up that you can't even think like a human. Your patriotism is blinded that nobody will be interested to hear if they know the real history of Burma. How the hell do you think the country got its independence from the Brits?
I can honestly say that China former ambassador Chen RuiSheng in Myanmar is a serious pro-Bamar man.He believed completely the junta's sweet words and gave the wrong information to domestic enterprises.Facts proved that junta's investment invitation and commitments in some projects such as Myitsone hydropower project aren't reliable.
Kachin were ally of China and US during World War II,so I believe US will help Kachin sooner or later by democratic way or others.In most case,China remains neutral,we hope sincerely both sides agreed on a real cease-fire,all the Kachin refugees can return to their hometown,have a life peacefully.
As to Rohingya,a solution should been found between Myanmar and Bangladesh,or relocated in a Southeast Asia's muslim country such as Indonesia and Malaysia which have a higher standards of living than Myanmar's.
I am really very disappointed with your disguise.If you want someone to believe you are a Burmese,You need a more professional acting skills,right?
What is the meaning of Zhang Nan? that no Burmese will be interested in.That is only a problem between China and India,of course,if they must give a choice about Zhang Nan, Burmese will stand on the side of China based on racial and cultural factors although we know some Burmese don't like us,but India is worse choice for them.
When you said"The Burmese are too "obsessed" about the "Rohingya invasion". " ----I am sure that almost 100% of the Burmese believe that you,tocharian, aren't a Burmese.
Ok,you want to make mischief between China and Myanmar,but you need learn more from the both countries.Try again,maybe,you can do better,be a man,be a perfect Burmese.
It is easy to point fingers and the Junta, China or money, but the biggest unsaid factor is religion. Ask yourselves this: Why in the world are Kachins Christians when they live deep in the jungle of a Buddhist nation?
The answer is of course missionaries. The Christian missionaries from US Mid-West have spread their religion all the way into the heart of Asia. In doing so they have prolong an otherwise short insurgency.
It isn't a religious problem,almost all the minorities who also believe in Buddhism in Myanmar have many conflicts with Junta for a very long time,many of them also have independent local armed forces. The situation of Myanmar is very similar with former Yugoslavia's.
Well the Bamar are also murdering the Karen (Buddhist), the Rohingya (Muslim), and according to certain overseas Bamar who post on this forum, want to also murder the Chinese (atheist mostly) and Indian (Hindu mostly) as well.
These conflicts have nothing to do with religion. It's all about Bamar racism against non-Bamar.
There is no denying religious differences created by proselytising foreigners play a big part in stoking up as well as kindling the fires of communal strife all over the planet. But in the Kachin's case PM U Nu's wrong-headed attempt at making Buddhism state religion provided the spark for rebellion.
The INGOs now appear to fulfil a somewhat similar role today as missionaries of spreading Western values in the age of capitalist globalisation, meddling, patronising and preaching like the Great White Saviours among the barbarians in pretty much the same way.
You'd expect insurgencies to be short lived but so long as the majority fails to treat the minorities with fairness and justice with equal opportunities (not a superficial renaming of the country or on and off ceasefire deals with no attempt at viable political solutions), the fires will continue to smoulder and flare up from time to time, and we shall never know internal peace or experience real development and progress in our country. The ruling class will continue to prosper exponentially perhaps including some minority elites at the expense of all the rest of us. Sadly that's where we are heading at this juncture with the help of the enlightened West and our 'friendly' neighours (profiteering in any guise is the bottom line).
Happy tarring an entire race with the same brush, are you? That in itself is racism if you have some insight. Think before you open your gob.
Sorry I have only met 4 Bamar in my life, and 3 of them are racist. (1 is incredibly and very obsessively racist; he actually chooses to make racism the most important part of his very sad life...)
My sincere apologies to the non-racist Bamar such as yourself. Too bad you are often inadvertently associated with the racist Bamar.
Bamar chauvinist propaganda holds that the Rohingya are stateless. It was the 1982 citizenship act enacted during the rule of the vile Ne Win which denied the Rohingya of the right to citizenship.
During the negotiations for independence from the British, Aung San, U Nu and others all acknowledged the right of the Rohingya to be citizens. An agreement signed by Aung San and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee on January 27, 1947, stated that anyone born in Burma and who had lived there for at least eight of the 10 years preceding either January 1, 1942, or January 1, 1947, was entitled to Burmese citizenship. Does Aung San Suu Kyi repudiate the agreement signed by her father? Does she believe the Rohingya have the right to freedom without fear?
The Burmese are too "obsessed" about the "Rohingya invasion". In my opinion, Chinese are a much more serious threat to the sovereignty and integrity of Burma than the poor "illegal" Muslim Rohingyas (from Bangladesh?) I wouldn't trust the Chinese. All they want is to exploit Burma's natural resources and invade the country with "illegal Chinese business immigrants" from Yunnan. Burmese sovereignty and citizenship should not be based on race, religion or skin colour!
Remember: "If you give a Chinese man your little finger today, tomorrow he will own your forests, your rivers, your mines, even your daughters"
Stop the Chinese gas/oil pipeline (how much gas does the Burmese population get out of this?)
Stop the Chinese Myitsone dam (how much electricity does the poor Burmese population get out of this?)
Save the Irrawaddy dolphins!
So tocharian, an overseas Bamar, believes that your Bamar racism/discrimination/violent ethnic purgings against the Rohingya, Kachin, Karen, and a few other ethnic groups are all nice and well, but he also wants you to discriminate against the Chinese (and probably Indians as well, judging by his other posts), because he believes that the Chinese are a "larger threat" than the Rohingya.
BTW it's very funny that while he claims that "Burmese sovereignty and citizenship should not be based on race, religion or skin colour!" and yet labels all Rohingya, Chinese, and probably Indians "illegal", due to their skin color, race and religion, lol. I guess that hypocrisy is lost on the racist Bamar.
Sorry typo; I didn't mean "you Bamar." You are obviously not a Bamar like tocharian, because you are not racist.
My sincere apologies.
Thank you for fighting for Rohingya human rights against the genocidal Bamar oppressors.
So your input is that the Burmese should just focus on hating the Chinese instead of Rohingya? When will you Burmese people realize that scapegoating ethnic minorities and hating foreigners is the source of your problems, not the solution?
Tocharian, I want you to sing a song with me:
Black or white, brown or red, we shouldn't kill each other, 'cause dying's lame.
Hand in hand, we can live together. We shouldn't kill each other 'cause we're all the same.
Don't you worry, toch. The public will not accept Myitsone or Shwe Gas project going ahead, Chinese or not. And they can't just shoot people like they used to what with the 'democratisation process' they were compelled to embark upon because they now so badly want Western investment and to wean themselves off China. You know Mandalay is likely the next hot spot perhaps sooner rather than later to burst into flames against the laobans regardless of your opinion of them or mine.
Just don't keep going on obsessively and exclusively about the Chinese in Burma. It gets tiresome and boring, and doesn't really help. It's about alien aggression, occupation, proselytisation, land grabbing, exploitation, all those things, and not about skin colour, race or religion per se although admittedly you can't consider any of these in isolation.
Hey here's a little tidbit for you that I just discovered. Most "Burmese Americans" are actually either ethnically Chinese or Karen.
You Bamar are a small minority in the "Burmese American" community.
There are only 2300 registered "Burmese Canadians" according to the latest Canadian census, and presumably most of them are also Chinese/Karen.
That's why you see so many Chinese people in the Canadian Friends of Burma NGO.
It appears that vast majority of Bamar support their junta in the ethnic purging of the ethnic minorities in Myanmar.
Monks held a banner saying, "Save your motherland Myanmar by supporting the president."
U Wirathu, a prominent monk of the city's Ma Soe Yein Monastery, is leading the demonstration. "This protest is to support the president's stand on the Rohingya issue," he said.
Lay protesters are wearing T-shirts with a photo of Thein Sein and a "tick" on the front and a picture of UN human rights envoy Tomás Ojea Quintana crossed out on the back. Demonstrators are complaining about international interference in the Arakan sectarian violence, particularly from the UN.
"The lid of authoritarianism has come off, and people finally have the freedom to express themselves," said U Aung Naing Oo, the author of "Dialogue," a book about conflict resolution in Myanmar's fractious society. "All these grievances have come out," and "the voices of reason are on the sidelines for now."
In online forums, Rohingya are referred to as dogs, thieves, terrorists and various expletives. Commenters urge the government to "make them disappear" and seem particularly enraged that Western countries and the United Nations are highlighting their plight.
Even Suu Kyi seems to be ambivalent toward the ethnic cleanings.
Are all Bamar people racist?
It's the Chinese, stupid. The Burmese army officers (starting from Than Shwe and Tin Aung Myint Oo) are heavily bribed by the Chinese. China views Kachin State together with Arunachal Pradesh as Southern Tibet (Zhang Nan) and they want to use that region as a Chinese takeaway kitchen for natural resources. The KIA should fight against the Chinese mega-projects, especially the Myitsone dam and the gas/oil pipeline and stop smuggling timber, jade and gold to China (in return for weapons and cash). The Chinese are double-crossing them. They are dumb if they don't realise that.
By the way, that reformer "former railways minister" guy Aung Min was once a Military Intelligence man working under that notorious drug-lord-friend-and-helper General Khin Nyunt from SLORC.
Actually it's the Bamar, stupid. The Bamar have viewed their Barbaric Destiny to establish a "pure race" in Myanmar and is not afraid to conduct genocides against the ethnic minorities in order to achieve their goal.
Why are the Bamar also committing genocides against the Rohingya and Karen?
The KIA should ally themselves with the Rohingya, Karen, Indians, Thai, Bangladeshi and Chinese to fight against their genocidal Bamar oppressors.
Nobody likes the genocidal Bamar!
More info concerning the Bamar's currently most brutal genocide against the Rohingya.
Why murder Rohingya tocharian (a Bamar), why kill Rohingya? Why murder Karen tocharian, why murder Karen?
It's the economy, stupid. Not as B&W as you lot persists in making it out to be. The stakes are much higher today with tons of dollars involved. It has become a resource war more than anything else. Then you have security of the northern corridor between the two big neigbours India and China.
Only the unrepentant chauvinist militarist regime fails to see any other way of securing peace and prosperity in any part of the country than by coercion or bribing the minority leaders with business incentives looking for a like-minded elite in each group and continuing their divide and rule strategy.
Still, what with the West raring to join in the feeding frenzy, US/EU corporations chomping at the bit, despite a lot of humanitarian posturing on the part of their political leaders, the die is already cast. These little local difficulties have never stopped a good profit making opportunity from coming to fruition. That's the New World Order for you and I and all the rest.
"The stakes are much higher today with tons of dollars involved. It has become a resource war more than anything else. Then you have security of the northern corridor between the two big neigbours India and China."
And you hit the nail on the head. A prosperous Myanmar with secure transport routs between India and China would be far more valuable to both India and China than simply exporting natural resources to the two giants.
Unfortunately there are certain Burmese who wants to destabilize the region for their own Barbaric goals. Well if certain Burmese want to make enemies of all the ethnic minorities and all of the neighbors of Myanmar, then he will have lots of enemies. You more reasonable Burmese should exterminate these trouble makers before he causes more damage.
Easier said than done. Some of us have been trying since independence in 1948.
China, India and the regime, all want stability but the most important party continues to go about it the wrong way. Unfortunately it's the nature of the beast whatever guise it chooses to use to further its own selfish end.
It has however from sheer necessity started a process it may not be able to control completely. This can prove to be a slippery slope for the regime, and you can bet the people will not stop pushing it to win their freedoms. We must all make a united effort to throw off the military yoke once and for all so we can all start a genuine reconciliation process for achieving real peace and progress that will benefit all the myriad nationalities of Burma and not just the military-crony ruling class.
Don't worry, most of the racist Bamar terrorist destabliziers whom I know are very old and will probably die soon. Once they and their generation die, then Myanmar will be able to see peace and prosperity.
With Aung San coming into power, Myanmar will become another Serbia,
Aung San died in 1947. The Burmese are nothing like the Serbs.
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Why is this dependant on CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU if you have CONFIG_SMP enabled.
What are the chances of this scheduler making it into the "main tree" or whatever its called? I saw earlier in this thread there is no support for pluggable schedulers. I guess CFS is better for raw throughput which seems more important in a server environment? Even if it doesn't make it into mainline, is there a chance distros aimed at desktops will patch their kernel to support this RIFS-ES scheduler?
Excuse my total ignorance in these matters...
Why is this dependant on CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU if you have CONFIG_SMP enabled.
The linuxkernel configged for desktop is perfectly fine. I`ve had it running reliably with 0.3ms audiostreams.
As I said in another thread:
And you do not need the RT-kernel anymore for that.Not everyone has the skill to config linux. If you do though, you can get latencies down to 0.3ms, and games will be smooth like asm-coded custom hardware arcades. And ofcourse you can put all kinds of modern gpu features on that. I did that with doom3 and I have never played anything as amazing. And that was even with X, and Wayland is going to be better.
If you are into windows though, which has more SOFTWARE, there is nothing wrong with linux as an OS, then try disabling all the drivers you can. That will reduce latency on windows. And you will have a similar experience. Not as low latency, but close enough to atleast match Amiga 500, which for many is a benchmark of responsiveness. (some crackle at 1.5ms latency). Also windows has some really old drivers for instance, if you run XP which many say has the lowest latency. Try to get updated drivers.
And mac is typically better for professional work, software wise. 1.5ms latency unproblematic, but games doesn`t seem to run that well, yet, or maybe there is some option I haven`t seen yet. (turning off 3d-desktop?)
Peace Be With You.
And I did not notice any performance loss with tickless on.
I didn`t bother reading all the pages, just up to 7.
An optimal lowlatency scheduler, would ofcourse be focused on latency, but not to the point of using unreasonable resources.
And it should have the prioritized task and it`s depencies favoured for most cpu, and setting aside a tiny bit of cpu, for background tasks, so little it won`t be noticable. Just for small things.
Resource use, and background tasks, should have variables, to tweak in realtime, probably based on uS.
Something like I don`t know:
Slice time, the resolution of scheduling. (uS)
And then how much of that slice goes to prioritized app & depencies (99.99%?), and the rest to background tasks.
Couldn`t you really simplify it down to that?
Peace Be With You.
Well I tried it (again) with 3.5.3 ... Got GPS drop in HoN and irratic GPS while without this a constant 60fps.
Still say it is bad
didn't try ES, could try again tonight
bugger just noticed a typo from the prev post. That should be FPS not GPS... damn autocorrect...
I tried that echo 1 ... fps still irratic (maybe more so) going from 55 downto 45 (at a couple of point downto 12)...
I'm sure this scheduler and the logical reasoning behind it is sound, its just not universally good. Im switching back to BFS or vanilla. I have tried this a couple of times and its just not suitable for gaming
Seems that there is no significant performance lost with tickless enabled.


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There might come dual-head XRandR support in the openchrome driver in future.
Hey there!
Recently I've been pretty intimate with a thin client that has been built pretty much exclusivity out of VIA parts...The Processor, NIC, Sound Card, and Video Card. It is a WYSE V90L: 800Mhz Eden processor, 512Mb RAM, 512Mb SATA IDE HDD.
I have several of these units that originally came with Windows XP Embedded... however, overtime, virtual memory issues became too much of a bother to keep these units in production...
For a few months, I've tested different minimalist Linux distros to see how they hold up for long periods of time, while applications are open and running. Hands down, performance and stability seem to be optimal in Linux over XPE.
Distros I've used:
Slax 6.1.2
Porteus v.1.0
SliTaz 3.0
Macpup 525 & Puppy 525
I've had the most luck with Porteus (Slax Remix)... the community has been great for personality and support.
My greatest challenge in getting everything I need has revolved around dual screen support. I've accomplished TWIN screens, however, require extended or spanning. From what I understand, there are several options to accomplish this...Xorg.conf tweaks, XrandR, and r300g. I've dabbled with the Xorg.conf and XrandR... but haven't gotten very far... I wonder still, if there is a better driver to be looking at, than what I am using.
I have found these to work well, over other VIA drivers (they enable both screens, but in twin view):
Most distros detect and uses this OpenChrome driver: VT8233/A/8235/8237
However, the video card is a VIA VT1632A. VESA mode on some distos work, but doest offer or detect 2 screens. Windows XPE uses VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP drivers... it offers several resolutions and extended desktop. If only I could....use ndiswrapper for this.
If anyone has a clue of some things to try (to enable an extended/spanning desktop)... on any of the listed, or comparable, distros... I've love to try it. I have lots more of information to provide upon request.
Any help would be appreciated!
-Master Splinter
There might come dual-head XRandR support in the openchrome driver in future.
Sorry for replying late.
VT1632A is just a converter for DVI (and some other outputs) which plugs into an existing VIA chipset with built-in graphics, which is a PM880 in your case.
The openchrome driver has Xrandr support on their todo list. But work is going slowly, there aren't much developers. Currently there are other things that have higher priority.
Thank you Albert for the reply,
So your saying that I am sporting a VIA PM880 chipset video card and the VT1632A I've been calling my video is just an interface for it? That's interesting, cause it could change my direction upon things to try.
Cracking open the case again, and looking at the chips, it's hard to identify what is what...whereas this Thin Client is pretty much exclusively made up of VIA components.
(I just found this site: http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/Wy...WyseV90L.shtml)
The link above says "CN700?" for the video card. How was it you were to identify my video card as a PM880?
Thanks again!
I just looked on Google on the chipset used in your computer, one website mentioned the PM880. But that website was obviously wrong as PM880 is a chipset for Intel CPU's and not VIA Eden. But the website you gave, shows this lspci output: CN700/PM4800 Pro/PM4800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro].
Edit. So it must be a CN700 or VN800, as that are chipsets for VIA CPU's. Given that the computer has DDR2 667MHz RAM (the website mentions PC2-5300), it'll be a VN800 as the CN700 only supports 533MHz. You can usually run lspci and see the northbridge model on the first line.
That's indeed a lot of VIA chips. The northbridge, which contains the video, is usually under a heatsink. The southbridge (a VT8237R+?) should also be somewhere near or under the heatsink. And there must also be an I/O chip to provide PS/2, parallel and serial port, and the floppy connector, but I've never seen one from VIA (edit: they appear to exist, I found the VT82C686A/B model number).
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After stirring finish, Cards-Reds opens new year
Wainwright to meet Cueto as NL Central powers seek hot start
The schedule makers must have loved the three-headed monster that was the National League Central race last summer, because they've wasted no time staging the encore.
It will get started in earnest right out of the gate, with an Opening Day matchup between the Cardinals and Reds that will serve as an early litmus test for these two projected contenders. The 4:10 p.m. ET tilt today at Great American Ball Park -- where Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto will greet St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright -- is scheduled to be the first of six meetings in the season's first month between these two clubs; they'll also each face the Pirates in two series before the end of April.
A slow start by any of these teams could prove costly.
"We've got to go in there," said Reds manager Bryan Price, "and throw the first punch."
Price's ascension to the managerial seat left open by an ousted Dusty Baker was one of several offseason shakeups that will shape the direction this rivalry goes in 2014.
Last September, Billy Hamilton made a dazzling pinch-running debut against the Cardinals, beating the throw from the exceptional Yadier Molina to swipe his first bag. Now, it's Hamilton in a starting -- and starring -- role, replacing Shin-Soo Choo both in center field and the leadoff spot, with the Reds hoping he'll create run-producing opportunities for Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce and that this all isn't too much, too fast for the guy who is simply too fast to contain on the basepaths.
Cincinnati, on the heels of its frustrating finish to 2013, will also be relying on the youth of left-hander Tony Cingrani to replace the innings of departed veteran Bronson Arroyo.
The Cards, meanwhile, have considerably retooled the club that not only edged the Reds and Pirates for the NL Central crown last year but reached the World Series against the Red Sox. Carlos Beltran's free-agent departure opened an everyday opportunity for Matt Adams at first, with Allen Craig shifting to right. Matt Carpenter shifted to third to accommodate Kolten Wong. Jhonny Peralta brought his productive bat to the shortstop slot, and Peter Bourjos' plus glove will now be situated in center.
For all of those changes, though, the Cardinals still believe deeply in their well-documented "Way" of doing business, and they expect it to carry over into another season.
"I think the challenge is with the new guys and that they see what the culture is all about," manager Mike Matheny said. "We've had some really good feedback from guys here for the first time. We're not necessarily looking for validation that things are going well as much as, 'Are we missing anything here that you've seen in other camps?' [What they say they notice is how] our veterans really go about it a different way."
Cincinnati was forced, in recent weeks, to take a different look at its roster, as a result of lingering health issues in spring camp.
Closer Aroldis Chapman, starter Mat Latos, catcher Devin Mesoraco, relievers Jonathan Broxton and Sean Marshall and utility men Jack Hannahan and Skip Schumaker are all starting the season on the disabled list. Add to that the uncertainty about the status of Homer Bailey (groin) and Cueto (shoulder) in camp's final days, and Cincinnati had more than the usual number of unanswered questions in the final week of Spring Training. The Reds were trying to nail down not just their Opening Day lineup but their Opening Day starter opposite Wainwright. Unwelcome uncertainty for a first-time skipper such as Price.
In that respect, starting off the season with a matchup of this magnitude seems less than ideal, from Cincinnati's perspective, but such things are rarely best analyzed on paper (or via Internet bandwidth, as it were).
"We've had good battles with them," Price said. "They kind of had the edge on us last year, [11-8], and we had some successes the last couple of series, but it's a good battle and we know that they're not just the division champs or the NL champs. We're familiar with them. There's going to be no surprises there."
The Central could be prone to surprises. Who knows how last year's innings impact this year's results for that deep Cards staff? Who knows if the Reds have placed too big a gamble on Hamilton's legs? Who knows if the Pirates' decision to largely stand pat this winter will come back to bite them? Who knows if the Brewers, with a return to health and Matt Garza added to the rotation, will rise up the standings and enter the crowded contention picture?
All we know for sure is that the Cardinals and Reds will get this thing going right out of the gate. And admittedly, we'll probably all be guilty of reading too much into the early results.
But as far as Opening Day matchups go, you really can't ask for much more than what this Central showdown should provide.
Cardinals: Craig back on solid footing
Great American Ball Park was the site where Craig crumbled to the ground in a heap of pain last Sept. 4. The next time he took the field? Game 1 of the World Series.
Craig's ligament sprain in his left foot was a serious one that, under normal circumstances, would have required several months of rest. Of course, the Series is no normal circumstance, so Craig had to compromise some offseason conditioning work for the greater good of trying to help St. Louis win a championship. It was an impressive effort, end result notwithstanding. And when it was over, Craig had to wait another two months before he was ready to run on the foot again.
A healthy Craig is a productive Craig, and the Cards hope to have just that in this new season. He'll return to full-time action by returning to the scene of the crime, so to speak, and he'll look to prove that last year's incredible production with runners in scoring position (he batted .454, and .448 with RISP and two outs) was far from a fluke.
"I feel like I'm better for [having gone through the injury] right now," Craig said. "It's made me work hard with my body and make sure I'm in shape and really getting back to the basics."
Reds: Hoping not to be 'left' out
Speaking of recent injury history at this park, it was Opening Day last year when the World Series hopes of the Reds met their first substantial struggle -- the loss of Ryan Ludwick to a torn right labrum suffered on a slide at third.
In a related story, the Reds' left field production in 2013 was pretty abysmal: a .250 average, .313 on-base percentage and .374 slugging percentage. Compare that to the average NL left fielder (.263/.328/.417), and that spot was the first step toward Cincinnati's unmet expectations. While it's true that Ludwick did return for the season's final two months, he put up virtually nothing from the power perspective, given his inability to lift weights in the four months prior.
Ludwick is presumably back to full strength now, with the notable caveat that a 35-year-old coming off a shoulder issue has to prove he can provide the power of the past.
"Fortunately for me, it's my non-throwing arm," Ludwick said. "I've been through five other major surgeries. It's not like I haven't been through it before."
The Reds do seem capable of counting on reasonable improvement from left, and that would go a long way toward lengthening their lineup.
Worth noting
Last year, Wainwright was the only pitcher to steal a first-place vote away from Clayton Kershaw in the NL Cy Young Award ballots. That vote came from a Cincinnati-area writer. Ironically, the Reds were one of the few teams to have much success against Wainwright, who went 1-3 with a 7.77 ERA in four starts against them. ... The 95th Findlay Market Opening Day Parade will begin at noon, with legendary shortstop Dave Concepcion serving as grand marshal and famous batboy Teddy Kremer as dignitary. The parade will be routed away from its traditional location along Race Street due to streetcar construction. ... Concepcion and Barry Larkin will throw out simultaneous ceremonial first pitches before the game.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Solar Cooker Project, a refugee relief project of Jewish World Watch, is committed to protecting refugee women and girls from rape and other forms of violence. Women and girls who have fled the genocide in Darfur, Sudan are particularly vulnerable while performing the critical task of collecting firewood for cooking. The Solar Cooker Project of Jewish World Watch reduces the frequency of these heinous crimes by providing women in refugee camps with an alternative cooking option: the solar cooker.
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[show]Over 288,000 Darfur refugees live in 12 camps on the Chad side of the border with Sudan. Camps have an average of 20,000 people, mostly women and children. The camp is located in an arid area nearly devoid of vegetation, but with abundant sun. Basic food supplies are provided by the United Nation's World Food Programme. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides some firewood, typically enough for a week. For additional fuel, refugee women must venture outside the camp to collect firewood for cooking. To do the latter means risking rape and other egregious forms of violence by [[1]] milita and local Chadians.
The program contains an economic development piece, with refugees earning income by making a simple solar cooker, called the CooKit, at workshops in the camps. Made from cardboard and aluminum foil, the hand-assembled CooKit lasts 6-9 months with regular use despite the windy conditions. Each CooKit cooks tasty nutritious meals with a few hours of free, renewable sunshine and saves one ton of fuelwood each year. Refugee women are also paid to train others in solar cooking. After a day of instruction by a trainer on how to use and care for CooKits, refugee families receive two CooKits, one to cook the staple grain and one for the accompanying vegetable or sauce. Larger families receive additional CooKits that provide additional cooking capacity.The project started in 2005 through a partnership between SCI and KoZon Foundation, both with extensive experience in disseminating solar cookers in refugee camps on the African continent. The project enables refugee families to solar cook, save money and reduce the risks associated with venturing out of the camp. Solar cookers provide a sustainable solution to meet the urgent need for cooking energy alternatives for Darfur refugee families. Jewish World Watch adopted the Iridimi camp in May 2006 and became the North American fundraising arm for the project in March 2007.
Jewish World Watch is a project of a coalition of synagogues working together to mobilize synagogues, their schools, their members and the community to combat genocide and other egregious violations of human rights around the world. It is the mission of Jewish World Watch to:
- Develop educational programs to educate the target constituencies;
- Activate constituencies to generate response from the United Nations and US policy makers; and
- Realize resources to provide assistance to the survivors and victims of genocide and egregious violations of human rights
The benefits of solar cooking for the refugees in these camps:
- Solar cooking can reduce the need for frequent firewood collection reducing the risk of violence towards women and girls.
- Two solar cookers can save one ton of wood each year.
- There is no need to tend a fire so women are free to do other tasks.
- There is no smoke, so there are reduced respiritory illnesses and eye infections.
- The production of the solar cookers provides income generation opportunities for female refugees.
What you can do:
- Supply solar cookers directly to the women of Darfur through the Solar Cooker Project. Please see: Help the Women of Darfur
- Help us provide the camps with solar cookers by raising awareness and raising money.
- Host an event with an engaging Jewish World Watch speaker at your home, work, Parent Association, library, synagogue or church to learn more about the genocide in Darfur.
- Organize a fundraiser to help bring solar cookers to these women. Ideas: BBQ, bake sale, car wash, dinner or theatre party.
- Make a donation: A $40 donation supports one family by providing two solar cookers and training. A $360 donation supports nine families by providing eighteen solar cookers and training. .
People wishing to donate can contact Jewish World Watch at +1 818-501-1836 or www.solarcookerproject.org
[The original text for this page was taken from in February, 2007. Updates have been added since that time.].
News and recent developments
- December 2012: Jewish World Watch, originator of the Solar Cooker Project for Sudanese refugees, reviews their current programs at several of the refugee camps in Chad – As a result of a joint security force between Chad and Sudan, violence against women has declined some since the project began seven years ago. Cord, their partner at the Farchana refugee camp, sees solar cooking as a way to keep girls in school, and not spending hours finding fuelwood for cooking. For others, the project has meant help for the environment and the air quality conditions for women previously using open fires. When the Jewish World Watch contingent first visited the camps many years ago, the refugees had just arrived and the encampment was meant to be temporary. The hope and expectation was that within a few months or a couple of years at most; they would return to their homes. But now, seven years later, it is clear that returning to Darfur is not a reality and the camps are turning into permanent settlements. As a result, the programs for the refugees must begin to move away from survival resources and begin to address ways of achieving self-sufficiency and permanence. In other words, helping to create a life, not an existence. Future larger scale solutions will be needed to address and benefit the surrounding communities, as well as the refugee camps, to help with the integration of the Sudanese residents. Read more...
- January 2011: Jewish World Watch co-founder Janice Kaminer-Reznik is being honored by the city of Los Angeles for her leadership in the fight against international human rights abuses, including her role in a solar cooker project benefitting Darfur refugees living in Chad. The city council has adopted a resolution (Media:11-0059_RESO_1-12-11.pdf) proclaiming Friday, January 28 as as "Janice Kaminer-Reznik Day." More information...
- December 2010: Offsets for Darfur: is an initiative designed by SENSE Foundation to target both environmental issues and support the Solar Cooker Project - an ingenious solar delivery and training program for Sudanese refugees in Chad based camps delivered and facilitated by Solar Cooker International, Kozon and Jewish World Watch. The benefits of "Offsets for Darfur" are twofold with both environmental and humanitarian aid aspects including the mitigation of: • carbon output in Chad refugee camps, • health issues related to firewood cooking. • women's safety issues related to sourcing firewood outside of camp boundaries • and unemployment in refugee camps - the project offers training and employment opportunities within the camps. More Information on the program.
- August 2009: New Jersery Coalition Responds to the Crisis in Darfur is a group which is currently raising money to provide a solar cooker to each family in the Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp. It has been demonstrated that once the need for women to leave refugee camps is reduced, the amount of violence committed against women and girls falls by over 80%. For more information about this project, click here.
- October 2008 - January 11, 2009: Refuge(e) is a photography-based multimedia body of work that evolved from artist Barbara Grover's 7-week visit to the Darfuri refugee camp, Iridimi, in 2007. Proceeds from photographic sales will benefit Jewish World Watch' s advocacy, education and refugee relief projects. Sherry Frumkin Gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., Studio 21, Santa Monica, CA 90405. More information...
- November 2008: Rachel Andres of Jewish World Watch reports in a recent press interview that, "We have just started manufacturing and training women in our 3rd camp, the Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp, which houses 28,000 refugees." Read the full text of the interview with Rachel Andres.
- June 2008: Jewish World Watch would like to thank the Church of Latter Day Saints for their generous support of the Solar Cooker Project! JWW and Church officials met in late May to discuss the progress of the Solar Cooker Project and to receive a gift from the Church of $25,000!
- March 2008: Rachel Andres of Jewish World Watch was recognized with the Charles Bronfman Award of US$100,000 for her work with Jewish World Watch's Solar Cooker Project. The annual award created by Bronfman's two children, Ellen and Stephen, and their spouses, is given to a humanitarian worker younger than 50 whose efforts exemplify Jewish values. Andres, the first woman and the fourth person to be named, will receive the award May 5. The Solar Cooker Project has donated some 5,000 pieces of solar-powered cooking equipment to women who escaped Darfur and fled to refugee camps, where women commonly are raped as they venture away to collect firewood. Since project volunteers started distributing the cooking equipment last year in the Iridimi and Touloum refugee camps on Chad's border with Sudan, the risk to women has been reduced significantly, according to a news release announcing Andres as the award winner.[2] - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- December 2007: Jewish World Watch Year End Letter
- December 2007: Upon return from visiting the refugee camps in Chad, and participating in an evaluation of our Solar Cooker Project, Jewish World Watch representatives were asked to come to Geneva last week to present the Project to an international forum that included high level representatives from UN agencies. A full report will be forthcoming in our January newsletter, including the possibility of widespread expansion of the Project into other refugee camps in Chad.
- October 2007: Evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project shows that trips outside the camp to gather firewood were reduced by 86%.
- February 2007: Jewish World Watch is now coordinating donations for people wishing to donate to provide solar cookers to the Darfur refugees in Chad.
Articles in the media
- December 2012: Forward With Intention: Solar Cooker Project - Huffington Post
See also
- Iridimi refugee camp
- Touloum refugee camp
- Refugee camps
- October 2007 evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project
External links
- Solar Cooker Project Fact Sheet
- Solar Cooker 2012 Newsletter
- Solar Cooker Best Practices Manual
- JWW Solar Cooking Project Facebook page
- Jewish World Watch Eyes National Stage
- United Nations World Food Programme
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Articles in the media
Audio and video
- July 2008: 14 years old, Shelby Layne became aware of the horrible treatment of women and young girls in Darfur. When Shelby joined Jewish World Watch, she found a way to raise money for the cause. - ABC Inc., KABC-TV/DT Los Angeles, CA
- 2008: Solar Cookers for Darfui Refugees - Time Magazine/CNN
- Spring 2008: The Women of Iridimi - A film by Barbara Grover
- February 2008: Tzivia Getzug: Battling Genocide One Cooker At a Time - KPCC FM
- November 2007: Jewish World Watch Helps Darfur Victims - Bridges TV
November 2007 YouTube video showing the construction and use of CooKit solar cookers at the Iridimi Refugee Camp |
- July 2007: Narrated slideshow showing solar cooker construction and use at Iridimi refugee camp - The Christian Science Monitor
- A PBS Life and Times video showing how solar cookers are preventing rape in refugee camps in Darfur
- December 2009: Bearing Witness to Tales of Terror - Jewish Journal
- February 2009: Simple Tool That Saves Women's Lives - Parade Magazine
- November 2008: LAist Interview: Rachel Andres of the Solar Cooker Project - LAist
- August 2008:Working to End Darfurian Genocide - Larchmont Chronicle
- May 2008: Rays of hope for Darfur refugees - Guardian Weekly (UK)
- April 2008: Challah For Hunger donates profits - UCLA Bruin
- March 2008: Darfur project cooks up first for Bronfman prize - Jewish Journal
- March 2008: The Simple Tool That Saves Women's Lives - Parade Magazine
- March 2008: Rabbi Harold Schulweis rallies help for the oppressed abroad - The Christian Science Monitor
- January 2008: A Drop Of Rain for Darfur's Refugees - American Chronicle
- January 2008: Genocide and Cooking - Los Angeles Times
- December 2007: Hanukkah puts light on Darfur - Newsday
- August 2007: Durbin urges people to action on Darfur - Senator discusses what can be done by individuals - Journal Register
- July 2007: Simple sun-cooker takes off as a way to help Darfuris (includes video) - The Christian Science Monitor
- April 2007: Solar cooker project aims to assist Darfur refugees - Poughkeepsie Journal
- April 2007: Artists for Peace Concert To Help Darfur Refugees - Norwalk Citizen
- March 2007: Hands-on help: Columbia Jewish Congregation gives solar cookers to Darfur refugee women - Washington Jewish Week
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