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on the AudienceScapes nationally representative survey of Tanzania,
conducted in July 2010.
report focuses on how people of different social groups in Tanzania
consume, share and assess information on key health issues including
HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Maternal and Child Health. Specifically, the
report helps development organizations to identify health information
needs for Tanzania adults and ways to share such information with key
demographic groups.
is inequitable access to health information in Tanzania - with
significant differences between rural and urban dwellers and among
socioeconomic groups. As in most developing countries, the rural
residents or those of lower socioeconomic status are disadvantaged in
terms of access to communication tools and health information in
general. This report provides insights into how development
practitioners should craft their health campaigns.
1 The General Health Landscape:
an overview of self-reported health status and level of access to
health services, and variations by socioeconomic groups;
2 Health Information Gathering and Sharing:
general access to and use of health information, as seen through the
prism of the rural-urban divide and the gender gap in Tanzania;
3 HIV/AIDS Education: A Demand for Better Information,
with a focus on vulnerable populations;
4 Malaria Education: Tapping Into All Means of Outreach,
exploring the rural-urban divide and the gender gap;
5 Family Planning And Maternal And Child Health: The Need for a
Holistic Approach,
with a focus on reproductive-age women;
This report draws
from a nationally representative survey of Tanzanian
individuals, conducted in July 2010. The survey included
modules on access to information sources generally as well as access
to information about health-related issues, plus questions about
trust in various information sources and use of word-of-mouth
networks to stay informed about health issues. The survey was based
on face-to-face interviews and covered all regions of the country.
FAO-Dimitra Project,
a participatory information and communication initiative whose goal
is to improve the visibility of rural men and women, recently
launched Communicating
Gender for Rural Development: Integrating Gender in Communication for
Development. This handbook is designed for all
development practitioners (not only communication/ information
specialists) and was born out of the observation that all too often,
gender is overlooked in the design of communication initiatives for
development in rural areas and that rural populations, women
particularly, are rarely viewed as primary sources of information.
This has an impact on the action of communication with consequences
that vary from reduced efficiency to adverse results.
The publication
reviews the concepts and approaches of gender and communication and
the reasons for including gender in communication for development
initiatives in rural areas; it also provides practical guidance on
achieving this successfully.
conventional communication initiatives that often deliver top-down
messages to a sometimes passive audience, communication for
development initiatives are based on a dialogue process that aims to
achieve sustainable changes within a community. They are implemented
on the premise that change will take hold only if the community takes
ownership. Therefore, this type of initiative promotes a
participatory process that involves all the members of the target
population from the start and empowers them to shape the project as
it unfolds.
populations face serious challenges in accessing information and
means of communication: they are geographically isolated with very
limited access to services and infrastructure, have low rates of
literacy and no possibility to seek out information, and their
knowledge and skills are for the most part undervalued and
unsolicited. Rural women, particularly, are disadvantaged. Customary
practices often prevent them from accessing education and
participating in public life, farmers organizations, and
decision-making authorities such as village councils.
FAO - Gender)
UN Programme on Youth (UNPY) is hosting a briefing session
on Empowering Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Girls and Young Women, in
the context of the International Year of Youth. Kicking off the
session will be the presentation of a video followed by a panel
discussion with young people, civil society and UN experts. The
panel, which will be moderated by Ms Susana Vas Patto from the
Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN, will discuss the
root causes of disadvantage and vulnerability in girls and
young women and will explore mechanisms for improving their
participation in society, through active leadership, education and
access to basic services.
join us in discussing the importance of enhancing opportunities for
girls and young women:
Ms. Susana Vaz Patto,
Moderator, Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN
Ms. Sylvia Wong,
Technical Specialist on Adolescents/Youth, UNFPA
Mr. Jimmie Briggs,
Executive Director, Man Up Campaign
Ms. Itzel Delgado,
Teen Advisor, Girl Up Campaign
Video Presentation and
Monologue Readings, V‐Girls, V‐Day
in adolescent girls and young women is key to development and
a priority of the UN system. Furthermore, ensuring the participation
of girls and young women at all levels is central to the
International Year of Youth. Girls and young women can face
disadvantage and vulnerability for a multitude of reasons, including
poverty, lack access to education and health care, violence and
conflict. These factors serve to limit the chances of girls
and young women to actively participate in society, exposing
them to greater vulnerability and marginalization. Through
education, awareness raising and enhanced participatory
opportunities, young womens role in society can be greatly
improved. The promotion of education for girls and young women as
well as the development of young women as leaders are some of the
tools which ensure young women role and visibility in society is
International Year of Youth - IYY)
With many countries now forecasting a shortage of skilled ICT
professionals within the next ten years, its vital that we attract
young women into technology if we are to sustain healthy growth rates
for the industry overall, said Hamadoun Touré, the Secretary-General of
the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in a statement announcing the launch of the Day.
With excellent employment opportunities and very good remuneration, a
career in technology represents an excellent choice for girls in every
country worldwide, Mr. Touré added.
The Girls in ICT Day will be observed on the fourth Thursday of April
every year to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women
through the use of ICTs. It results from a resolution adopted at ITUs
Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, last year.
Under the resolution, ITU pledged to incorporate a gender perspective in
the implementation of all its programmes and plans, following which the
Global Network of Women in ICT was established.
The network is designed to encourage girls and young women to choose
technology careers by providing mentoring resources, high-profile role
models and toolkits that help national authorities and organizations
promote technology careers to women. It is supported by ITUs
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), which, through its Gender
Unit, is working on a range of strategies to use ICT to improve the
livelihood of women worldwide.
Under the resolution, ITU pledged to incorporate a gender perspective in
the implementation of all its programmes and plans, following which the
Global Network of Women in ICT was established.
The network is designed to encourage girls and young women to choose
technology careers by providing mentoring resources, high-profile role
models and toolkits that help national authorities and organizations
promote technology careers to women. It is supported by ITUs
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), which, through its Gender
Unit, is working on a range of strategies to use ICT to improve the
livelihood of women worldwide.
(Source: UN News Center)
Family planning and Maternal and Child Health (FP-MCH) are key
components of the UNs Millennium Development Goals, given their central
role in healthy and productive populations. Tanzania has made some
progress in these areas in recent years - for example, mortality rates
among infants and children under five have declined. However, Tanzania
has lagged in maternal health, with the UN MDG Monitor declaring that
the countrys goal of reducing the maternal mortality ratio and
increasing access to reproductive health is off track.
The 2010 AudienceScapes survey of Tanzania included a module to measure people's access to
information in general, and access to health information in particular,
as well as access to health services. The data yield some helpful
guidelines for public health professionals seeking to educate the
Tanzanian public about FP-MCH:
Only 23% of the UKs tech workforce is female, but this figure
might change in the future thanks to the arrival of Apps for Good to the
Central Foundation Girls´ School (CFGS) in East London.
The Apps for Good course inaugurates its second location in the UK at
the Central Foundation Girls School on 15th September, after launching
its first CDI Community this March at the High Trees Community
Development Trust, in Tulse Hill, South London.
Apps for Good is the new programme by CDI Europe where young people
learn to create apps that change their world. It is focused around
solving real life issues that matter to young people or the communities
they live in. During the course, young people work together to find out
what issues they want to tackle, and how best to solve them with mobile
and web applications. Apps for Good encourages young people to use their
creativity to develop the problem solving and design skills which are
extremely valuable not only in the mobile app industry, but also in
todays complex information society.
Ben Cole, Head of Community at CFGS, assures: This is the perfect
project and we are the perfect place to develop it. All the girls who
applied for the course want to achieve something and they see this
programme as a real opportunity for them. They see themselves as
privileged kids because they are getting an education and Apps for Good
has given them the chance to put their passion for technologies to the
service of the community in a practical way by developing apps that will
solve specific problems around them.
More than 40 girls applied for a place on the Apps for Good course,
but only 20 of them will be able to attend the course, where some of the
former Apps for Good students will now be working as educators.
It was really difficult to make the selection of students, explains
Cole, because all of them showed a great interest, and in the end we
tried to come up with a mix of skills, abilities and attitudes.
The lessons will take place twice a week as part of the Central+
programme. Central+ is an activity project for after school hours
developed by CFGS, which offers the girls the opportunity to follow
different activities such as learning street dance, joining a cinema
club or going horse riding, among others. All we want is for the girls
to enjoy the same opportunities as any other student in the UK,
explains Cole.
(Source:Central Digital Inclusion - CDI)
International tender was won by Global Consortium
Systems Chile SA which must deliver a platform of national coverage that will
operate at, no cost to users, the five mobile companies in the country.
Emergency alerts received on mobile handsets with compatible format will be
similar to an SMS text message, targeted by geography, by location and type of
emergency determined by ONEMI.
All Chile remember to Martina Maturana, the girl who
ran to the square of the Robinson Crusoe Island in the morning of 27F, to alert
their neighbors to the tsunami by ringing a bong. Thanks to this timely warning
thousands of life could be saved. Beyond the heroic act of Martina, for the
Government is a social duty that security people do not depend only of the
luck. In this context, the Department of Telecommunications awarded today the
international tender for the implementation of the massive warning system for
cell phones that ONEMI will use massively to warn people how to act in cases of
Emergency alerts received on compatible mobile
handsets will be similar to the format of an SMS text message, targeted by
geography, by location and type of emergency determined by the ONEMI. One of
the major strengths of this technological system, which sends messages of 93
characters, is that operates in RF channels that are not directly affected by
congestion, giving greater security at the reception of messages.
"This is a very important step to meet one of the
commitments of the President in emergency issues. That families may have a
mechanism for timely information that will help save lives before a natural
disaster", said the Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter.
Pedro Pablo Errazuriz, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications,
said that this development is part of joint efforts made by the SUBTEL and
ONEMI: "2010 was succeeded in establishing a new emergency communications
system of the State that has multiple backups, and the task this year is to
have a communication system operating automatic with the families which will be
useful to inform people on time".
For his part, the sub secretary of Telecommunications, Jorge Atton,
stated that "this system of massive messages to compatible phones, that
will operate from December 2011, may be used in a second stage of gradually in
television, as the Free digital TV reception will be deployed in the country,
another reason to accelerate the adoption of digital TV law that sets a
deadline for TV channels to carry digital coverage areas. In three years 85% of
the country will have digital coverage and in five years 100%, after regulatory
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disrupt national economies, severely weaken the poor and vulnerable
and are recognized as major impediments to sustainable development
and reduction of poverty especially in poor countries. The impact is
even worse for those living in remote and isolated areas with no
access to basic information and communication facilities that are
essential to providing vital alerting information.
order to mitigate the impact of disasters, timely dissemination of
authoritative information before, during, and after disasters is
critical. ITUs activities in the field of radiocommunications
make invaluable contribution to disaster management as they
facilitate the prediction, detection, and alerting through the
coordinated and effective use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the
establishment of radio standards and guidelines concerning the usage
of radiocommunication systems.
ITUs telecommunication
technical standards
also play a strategic role in ensuring global interconnection and
interoperability of telecommunications networks for monitoring and
management at the onset and during emergency and disaster situations.
A number of Recommendations have been developed for call priority
schemes that ensure that relief workers can get communication lines
when they need to, whether using traditional or next generation
communications networks. Complementary to the need to provide call
priority during emergencies is the ability to deliver warnings to
users, and standards are fundamental to ensure that warnings are
timely delivered uncorrupted from the source to the end users no
matter how they can be reached.
Emergency Telecoms - ITU)
ITU welcomes
the establishment of an international Girls in ICT Day, which will be held
every year on the fourth Thursday in April, beginning this year.
The new Girls
Day is the direct result of the adoption of Resolution 70 by ITUs
Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara in 2010. The Resolution, Gender
mainstreaming in ITU and promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of
women through information and communication technologies, resolved to
incorporate a gender perspective in the implementation of all programmes and
plans of ITU, and established the new Global Network of Women in ICT: http://witnet.org/index.php.
The network is designed to encourage girls and young
women to choose technology careers by providing mentoring resources, positive,
high-profile role models and toolkits that help national authorities and
organizations promote technology careers to women. It is being supported and
promoted by ITUs Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), which, through
its Gender Unit, is working on a range of strategies to leverage ICTs to
improve the livelihood of women worldwide.
A toolkit
designed to provide all the information and resources needed to run a national
Girls in ICT Day is now available at: http://witnet.org/documents/girlsday-toolkit.pdf.
ITU actively encourages its Member States and Sector Members to get involved
and organize local, regional and national events designed to showcase ICTs and
technology careers to young female students. It also invites Ministries of
Education, Ministries of Communications and other government entities to
support the initiative by partnering with private sector companies to reach out
to young girls through schools, tertiary institutions and in-house mentoring
and shadowing programmes.
This new Girls
in ICT Day will provide a much-needed boost to female participation in the ICT
sector, said ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré. With many countries now
forecasting a shortage of skilled ICT professionals within the next ten years,
its vital that we attract young women into technology if we are to sustain
healthy growth rates for the industry overall. With excellent employment
opportunities and very good remuneration, a career in technology represents an
excellent choice for girls in every country worldwide.
At the Third Global
Forum telecentres, April 5-7, 2011, Santiago, Chile, during the Global
Telecentre Leaders Forum attended by over 200 representatives of various
countries, organizations and institutions involved in telecentre movement,
developed the first version of the declaration, which covers some important
issues relating to telecentre work, such as:
1. To encourage
the use of ICT in creating opportunities for social, economic, and civic
participation for the poor and undeserved;
2. To establish
collaboration, support, and sharing among the different regional and national
telecentres worldwide in order to come together as a united force working
towards the improvement and sustainability of the telecentre movement;
3. To promote
the role of telecentres in harnessing information technology for development
and serving as community resources that facilitate employment, productivity and
community empowerment, especially at the grassroots level, specifically to
those living in remote and undeserved communities, through skills development,
empowerment and pro-poor services.
4. To promote
the inclusion and participation of women in all telecentre programs and support
initiatives that aim to bridge the digital divide, providing women with ICT
skills and resource mobilization to empower themselves and others, in
particular, the Telecentre Women: Digital Literacy Campaign, which aims to
provide for wide-scale digital literacy training for women at the grassroots
level and recognition of women achievers in the telecentre movement.
5. To establish
a platform for sharing knowledge among members of the global telecentre
movement and various actors and organizations working towards the achievement
of social development through the use of information and communication
draft declaration is provided for your consideration. All constructive
comments, corrections and recommendations are welcome, for improvements and to have all inclusive document. Download the full text of the declaration Here.
(Source: Telecentre.org)
Partnership with
will extend access to basic ICT training to more than one million
disadvantaged women worldwide
launched a digital literacy partnership with Philippine-based NGO
Foundation that over the next 18 months will train one million
unskilled women to use computers and modern information and
communication technology (ICT) applications to improve their
The new Womens Digital Literacy Campaign
will leverage the combined reach of telecentre.org Foundations
global network of 100,000 telecentres worldwide and ITUs 192
Member States and 700 Sector Members to deliver training in ICT use
following a train the trainer model.
Basheerhamad Shadrach,
Executive Director of telecentre.org Foundation, said that offering
digital skills to over one million women at the grassroots will help
reverse the paradigm whereby, in many countries, technologies most
often benefit
men more than women. These telecentre women, once trained to take
advantage of the power of technology, will help their communities to
access locale-specific information, time-tested knowledge, market
opportunities, enhanced skills for employment and productivity, and
more importantly, participate in the modern knowledge era, not only
as mere consumers, but also as providers and producers of knowledge
assets", he said.
(Source: ITU
Press release)
Like many other villagers in Malhaur, Anil Kumar and Ramesh Yadav
normally listen to one of the many commercial FM channels that are
broadcast from Lucknow, the largest city near them. Yet it was a
community radio station that not only discussed their nagging problem on
the air, but also raised it with the authorities and got it resolved.
This is the kind of tangible change that the City Montessori School
community radio station is bringing to villages in Uttar Pradesh.
During a phone-in program,Community Baat Cheet (Community
Conversation), Malhaur residents complained that filthy roads were
causing them a lot of problems and the authorities response had been
apathetic. The community radio team presented the issue to officials
from the District Rural Development Authority, inviting them to respond
on air. A few days later their village roads were cleaned up.
The City Montessori School (CMS) Community Radio Station, 90.4 MHz,
was launched by Jagdish and Bharti Gandhi in 2005. Based in Lucknow, the
Montessori school became the first educational institution in Uttar
Pradesh to have a community radio station (CRS). Since its inception,
the station has primarily broadcast educational programs with a focus on
serving the urban community of Lucknow.
Beginning two years ago, however, the CMS radio team began working in
communities around Lucknow. This outreach helps the station produce and
broadcast community-based programs alongside educational programs.
Currently, the broadcast is two-and-a-half hours long with repeat
broadcasts in the evening. Its reach is a mix of urban and rural areas.
Neelima Deepak, the stations media coordinator, says when they got
the license there was no clarity about the kind of programming they
would produce. During a regional workshop of community radio station
managers in New Delhi, Deepak says she realized that community
participation in programs was an approach that CMS station should
immediately adopt.
(Source: AudienceScapes)
The Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, Diego Molano Vega, will kick off the international agenda of the "Plan Vive Digital", with a visit to Washington DC The official will meet with multilateral agencies, universities and representatives of the telecommunications sector, in order to establish partnerships to strengthen international connectivity through the Pacific and to achieve cooperative agreements for the financing of social programs in the ICT sector in Colombia.The Minister of ICT, Diego Molano Vega, will hold a series of meetings with representatives of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank and American operators in Communications and Information Technology.
In this way, the minister will meet with Julius Genachowski, director of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to review issues concerning the regulatory framework to the challenges facing the region, which will be deepened later in the World Symposium Regulators International Telecommunication Union - ITU, which will take place from 20 to 23 September this year in Armenia, Quindio.As part of the agenda, the ICT Minister will attend the Leaders Forum of the Public Sector, where he will participate in the plenary sessions of participatory democracy and preventive health, computing and regulation.During his stay in the U.S. capital, the official will present the "Plan Vive Digital", the technology plan that seeks to give Colombia a technological leap, thanks to the mass use of Internet. The great goal is to multiply by 4 times the number of Internet connections and develop a digital ecosystem in the country in the following dimensions: infrastructure, services, applications and users.
(Source: Mintic - Colombia)
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In an interview with The Newspaper Telégrafo,
the Minister of Telecommunication and Information Society, Jaime Guerrero Ruiz, highlighted the importance of advances in technology, based on statistics provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), which from 2006 to 2010 show, remarkably, the level of implementation and access to information and
communication technologies (ICT) in the country.
Without doubt, advances in telecommunications services and use of ICTs at the national level, improved dramatically, as three of every 10 Ecuadorians use the Internet, in two years this figure increased by more than half a million people, so the Minister Guerrero called the developments in the field of telecommunications as a "true technological revolution".
The use of Internet in Ecuador increased by 3.3 points, it means 29% of Ecuadorians used the Internet in 2010 compared to 25.7% in 2008. According to Minister of Telecommunications, the state investment was 400 million dollars for the implementation of Internet networks and all services in telecommunications and information technology.
Until 2013 it will be invested $ 900 million, only in
the public sector to achieve connectivity, added the Minister.
The increase in the use of the
Internet responds the Government's policy of providing communication
technologies to rural sectors, as well as public schools nationwide. Similarly, Mr. Guerrero noted
that Internet access costs were reduced to eight times what it did in previous
years and so is "democratizing" access to ICT.
(Source: Mintel Ecuador)
Creating an ethical and open government is a goal
with which every country struggles. Armed with information and communication
technologies, a diverse array of projects are sprouting in developing nations
to make government more responsive to its citizens. A prime example of how ICT
is being used to improve government accountability is the emergence of
e-government projects: Countries around the world are making government
services accessible online. Some are also creating digital procurement
processes to reduce corruption in contract awards.
In this issue of the AudienceScapes Field Blog, our
fellows report on two very different approaches to improving government. In
Zimbabwe, Tawanda Karombo describes a new campaign using social media to expose
and confront corruption, whether committed by public officials or private
citizens (More). Dinfin Mulupi reports on a Web-based platform that
encourages Kenyans to post reports about how well the government is functioning
(More). While both projects aim their resources at slightly different
targets, the ultimate goal is to put pressure on governments to serve the
The Ministry of Communications of Brazil (minicom) has
launched a tool of communication for the society: WikiCom, a kind of virtual
encyclopedia. Access to http://wikicom.mc.gov.br.
The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), in partnership with the Attorney General's Office and the General Director of Prisons, has installed more than 20 technology rooms in many correctional centers nationwide. The information was provided by the chairman of the board of Indotel, Dr David Perez Taveras, and the Attorney General of the Republic, Dr. Radhames Jimenez Pena, during the inauguration of a new Computer Training Centre (ITC) in the correctional center of Liberty Bani-Men, located at 1 Kilometer from the road Sánchez in the town of Bani, Peravia province. Perez announced that Indotel will install virtual rooms in all new places of deprivation of freedom that the General Attorneys Office will build in the near future. Perez Taveras said that in addition to the installation of more than 20 virtual rooms in the prison correctional systems in the country, it was also installed 27 Computer Training Centres (ITC) by Indotel in the province of Peravia, which he said has great value, not only economical for the investment made in the acquisition of these modern equipment, but the message that this institution and the government sent trough the installation of these rooms is social benefits of these projects. "However, I think the greatest satisfaction we will have is when you reap the fruits of intellectual training that can be acquired in this project", said the official. He said that each of the interns will be responsible for the use they give to these technological tools that the Attorney and Indotel put in their hands, so they can be formed, mainly in information technology and communication technology (ICT) a branch of knowledge that the inmates need "at the time of return to society that demands that kind of knowledge in a global world we live". He urged to the interns to take this opportunity to train in the use of this technological tool, and said that it will depend on the success of each intern training.
(Source: Indotel
Dominican Republic)
One Laptop Per Child program, which aims to provide modern
laptops and internet to public schools, covers already 100 percent of
the primary educational institutions nationwide, reported yesterday
by the Ministry of Education. Oscar Becerra, director of the
Educational Technology sector said that from 2007 up to date they
acquired 840 000 laptops for children in state schools. From that
total, 300 thousand are already in use and the difference in
the international forum towards
a first world education: Education Agenda 2011-2016, it was noted
that public school students can use these machines for at least four
hours per week, two in the classroom and two in their free time.The
last purchase
of these laptops for school was made in December last year and
comprised 500 000 laptops. The investment up to date in this
technology exceeds 155 million soles (around US$ 54 millions). "There
is possible to get this program including high school, but because
lack of time it will be not possible before the end of the current
government. At the moment we are loading the software and training
teachers in using this technology", said Becerra in the Chamber
of Commerce Lima (CCL).The
low-cost computing and technological skills in the classroom help to
advance the
knowledge of the people, improve the access to information, creating
opportunities for students and bridge the digital gap between schools
in rural and urban areas of the country, he added.According
to Becerra, lack of electricity in some rural areas is not an
impediment to ensure the functioning of these children use laptops,
because for this it has solar panels that help generate energy. He
added that in the case of areas where there is no chance of internet
access, connectivity tools are implemented offline, letting you
access and navigate the most important American educational portals
through a USB memory."We
have also acquired and are in the process of delivery, multimedia
projectors for each school with more
than 100 students, so that more students can access educational
content and that all students will be familiar with computers",
he said.
The vice president of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL), Jorge von
Wedemeyer, said that in 2021 the budget allocated to education in
Peru could rise 3 to 5.9 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). For
this the government needs to increase each year, gradually and
continuously, around 0.25 percent of GDP to this education sector.
This will allow Peru to achieve high levels of education.
(Source: Subtel Chile)
The Provincial Government announced
today what will be the Strategic Digital Plan. In the presentation, the
Governor considered that this plan should be complemented by an agreement of
solidarity between cooperatives and the communication companies with the
provincial government for the benefit of all Las Pampas.
In a meeting among mayors,
provincial officials, representatives of solidarity organizations and business
chambers, the governor said that this is the continuation of a state policy
that the Government of La Pampa was drawn and began the investment in
infrastructure, specifically 1751 km of optical fiber network to continue with
the technological upgrading of the southern provincial network, to obtain a
license to provide telecommunications services in Aguas del Colorado, up to now
that we are in advanced measures for the development of the province.
Among the measures announced today,
include the creation of the Superior Provincial Tecnicatura Computer (tertiary
level), the payment of Internet unified for every household in 50 pesos for 1
megabyte, to be offered by providers that adhere to this Call Plan; and
Provincial telephone calls between towns in the province will be also free for
those under the plan. Expanding on the theme, the governor gave details about
the Strategic Digital Plan: "in all those places that you cannot provide
the service proposed by a reason of scale or other, the province will develop
the home connection service with the necessary technological level, arranging
where is possible the cooperative agreements with key strategic local service".
In the context of this plan, they
have already been carried out various programs for implementation, other are
under way and finally there are those who will be implemented in succession
(network, data center connectivity). Also they worked on infrastructure
and licensed as a telecommunications service provider, and signed cooperative
agreements with Silica and Cordoba digital network comprising the south of the
The governor said emphatically that
the Provincial Government policy has been defined as the development of Pole
Computer. For this and to have a presence in the new global economic
environment, the provincial leader said the need to consolidate four new core
strengths, adequate connectivity, telecommunications services provided in an
efficient and accessible to the community and government agencies, training
intensive capital human, specializing in software and computer services,
attracting investors in information technology, computer services and digital
content development and advanced e-government, continuing with the
digitalization processes and management.
With this objective they have
invested heavily, resulting in 1751 km of optical fiber network, connecting 54
towns and thus reaching over 90% of Las Pampas which involves an investment of
around 55 million pesos.
In addition, this new plan will
bring new benefits for the purposes of the state. For example in education will
be improved the ability to access to distance learning tools, video
conferencing and the possibility that children who receive the program netbooks
"Connect Equality" are guaranteed on access to the Internet, in
health may be carried below the digitization of medical records, remote
diagnostics, consultations with various advanced health centers (such as the
Hospital Garrahan with which agreement has been signed), among others; also it
will favored on other hand the development of the economy through the promotion
of IT companies. Regarding to security, it will be possible to make video
watching and access to online stations and be connected between the province
and neighboring provinces.
Finally, the governor said that
"La Pampa must incorporate new capabilities in its students and
professionals if they want to remain competitive in the challenging world of
the future. This will ensure first of all Internet access and telephony,
generating the critical mass users to incorporate the Web to its personal and
professional development.
Government of La Pampa)
The Auto
parts Industry Association (Asopartes) and the Program "Computers for Schools", from the
Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies, agreed to bring
forward a strategic alliance to help with the massive and appropriation of ICT
and the use of e-waste.
popularization and appropriation of ICTs are part of the Plan Digital Living,
which is promoted by the Minister Diego Molano Vega, and which will contribute
with the Plan Quality Education which being conducted by the Ministry of
well as all Colombians we support the appropriate use of technology and, above
all, help to bring these tools to the most needy, we will contribute to
collective prosperity", said the President of Asopartes, Tulio Zuloaga.
strategic partnership was signed between the Executive Director of the Program Computers
for Schools, Martha Castellanos, and the group president (Tulio Zuloaga), who
committed to get donations of equipment to promote the program among its 1,500
members across the country.
In this
year,the program Computers for Schools seeks to provide education to 7,800 offices,
libraries and cultural centers with technological terminals. The goal is to
bring 89,000 computers (including laptops) for boys and girls, located in
different regions of the country.The
program, which celebrated 10 years of operation, has reached 6 million school
users, and has managed 4,400 tonnes of electronic waste, thus allowing
protecting the environment.
social content of Computers for Schools is a major concern for us", said
Zuloaga, also he said that the sector is committed to corporate social
responsibility policies.
In this year, Computers for Schools has finalized strategic alliances
with business groups as Andi, SAC, Acoset, Fenalco, Analdex, and Asopartes, to
support the most needy rural school community. This year, the ICT Ministry
Program will train 12,000 teachers in educational appropriation of technology,
to replicate this knowledge among their students.
Further Details
This report uses AudienceScapes data from a nationally representative
survey of Tanzania to describe how people of different social groups
gather, share and access information through mass media radio,
television and newspapers. They also focus on whether the presence of
mobile phones can further augment information dissemination using SMS
and mobile radio. Media access and use trends are broken down by region
and they profile both national and regional media outlets.
Notably, this report assists development professionals in crafting
their communication strategies through mass media conduits. With
knowledge of not only how much access to information Tanzanians have,
but also what information sources they rely on and trust the most,
development practitioners are better equipped to create strategies
suited to the local context of their target audience.
The data presented in this report are based on a nationally
representative survey conducted in July 2010 among Tanzanian adults age
15 and older. Using the 2002 Tanzanian National Census as the sampling
frame and a stratified random sampling design, a nationally
representative probability sample of 2,003 respondents was selected. The
estimated margin of error is +/-2.2 percent with a 95 percent
confidence interval. The survey was administered through face-to-face
personal interviews; the data are weighted by gender and age groups.
(Source: AudienceScapes News)
Full Report
Re-establishing communications vital for
search and rescue in tsunami-affected areas
ITU has dispatched emergency telecommunications
equipment to areas severely affected by the tsunami that struck the
coastal areas of Japan following Fridays devastating earthquake
measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale.
ITU has deployed 78 Thuraya satellite phones
equipped with GPS to facilitate search and rescue efforts along with
13 Iridium satellite phones as well as 37 Inmarsat Broadband Global
Area Network terminals. An additional 30 Inmarsat terminals are also
ready for dispatch. The equipment can be charged by car batteries and
are also supplied with solar panels to enable operations during power
In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake
and tsunami, ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré had communicated
with the Government of Japan, expressing profound sorrow at the loss
of life, injuries and human displacement as well as the extensive
damage to property and infrastructure. With the deployment of
emergency telecommunications equipment, Dr Touré said, ITU is
prepared to help the Government and people of Japan in every way
possible in their hour of need and to deal with the colossal tragedy
that has overwhelmed the country with unimaginable loss of life and
property. I hope the deployment of emergency telecommunications
equipment will assist the Government of Japan in search and rescue
operations and re-establish vital communication links.
Re-establishing communications is a critical
tool particularly in the immediate aftermath of disasters to ensure
timely intervention and support for the victims and to assist in
rescue and rehabilitation efforts.
Further details
This initiative builds on the
base that everything depends increasingly on access to information and
communication technologies.
inclusion could be inserted in the list of social rights enshrined in the
Constitution. The poor Internet access that low-income residents in Brazil have
led to members of the Senate to face this reality through a proposed
constitutional amendment pending in front of the Committee on Constitution,
Citizenship and Justice.
survey was conducted by Ipsos-Napoleon Franco in the top ten cities in Colombia
during the month of December 2010. The questions were about knowledge and use
among the general public on the four screens: mobile, computer, Internet and
television. Also, the 1,500 respondents were consulted about the on-line
governance and regulation, public policy and control of ICT contents.
survey analyzes the behavior of Colombians over the technologies of information
and communications. This information will serve as input for the operations
being conducted by the Plan Digital Living to build applications and digital
content to fit the needs and interests of the Colombian consumers in a
converged environment.
the interests of Colombians on information technology and communications will
make us able to develop more effective actions to expand the use of the
Internet", spoke on the theme the ICT Minister, Diego Molano Vega.
study reveals that the fixed or mobile phone is the most common way to interact
with others, even above personal contact, eight of every ten Colombians have a
cell phone and even say they value more than any other medium. The computer is
the medium that follows. Respondents say that they prefer those because of
their convergence and communication capabilities.
the use of Internet, the study shows that the massive Internet is a primary
concern for Colombians, the vast majority (75%) consider it a public policy
priority of President Juan Manuel Santos. Six of
every ten Colombians use the Internet between common and occasionally, children
and youth are the most common users and the older, greater is the reduction in
the use of Internet. Half of
the users of Internet, they do it every day and in average of 3 hours a day
surfing, the same amount of time that they spend watching television. Nine out
of ten Internet users use it to communicate, four out of ten users generated
content and three out of ten users made transactions.
survey also revealed that the main reason why some people still are not
Internet users is the ignorance in the use of the tool, but half of them would
be very interested in using Internet, and to receive training to learn all
about the web.
One of
the conclusions of the study is the speed with which they seem to be changing
certain trends and attitudes of Colombians face of Information and
Communications Technologies. The advance of technology offering is very fast
and the data suggest that the appropriation of it by the population is also
growing at a significant pace.
Source: (Source: MINTIC - Colombia)
From early morning, once they known the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the alert to the possible implications in the coastal area of the country, the Minister of Telecommunication and Information Society, Jaime Guerrero Ruiz, made available immediately for increase the Internet capacity (bandwidth) in the main monitoring and control of the National Secretariat of Risk. Similarly, mobile operators modified their ability to give priority to the coastal sector.Once determined by the President of the Republic, Econ. Rafael Correa, who runs the meeting with the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) in Guayaquil, to monitor, analyze and manage preventive evacuation operations along the coast and the island region, the Minister Guerrero decided to increase the capacity of the bandwidth at the offices of the entity.This resolution was established in order to take advantage of the technological tools and be witness of the reports and the testimony from the governors and the commanders of the bases of Galapagos, through the technology that allowed reporting inmediatly to the president Correa and to the media about the real situation in coastal areas and the Galapagos Islands.The efficient use of ICT was innovative because it was crucial to stay calm in the population; as it were instantaneous reports said the Minister of Telecommunications. "It is important to note that the country did not have these tools in the past and that with the presence of the National Government through the Ministry of Telecommunications, day by day we promote the access to information and communication technology tools that allow a radical redefinition of the functioning of society to improve the quality of life across the population", added the Minister.
(Source: Mintel - Ecuador)
Noting that quality
education and womens full access to and participation in science and
technology were imperative for achieving gender equality and womens
empowerment, the Commission on the Status of Women today urged Governments and
relevant United Nations agencies to take appropriate actions to bolster womens
access to education and to specifically strengthen capacities to ensure that
science education policies and curricula were relevant to their
Those were among the key
observations and recommendations at the core of the Commissions agreed
conclusions (document E/CN.6/2011/L.6), reflecting the overall theme of the
45-member bodys fifty-fifth session, access and participation of women and
girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the
promotion of womens equal access to full employment and decent work.
The Commissions 2011 session, which opened at Headquarters on 22
February, had been originally scheduled to close on 4 March, but protracted
negotiations on the agreed conclusions forced it to suspend its work until its
closing today.
Among a host of vital
priorities identified in the agreed conclusions, the Commission stressed that
access to and participation in quality education, including in the science and
technology fields, by women and girls of all ages, was an economic necessity
and provided them with the skills, knowledge and aptitude necessary for
life-long learning, employment, better physical and mental health, and full
participation in social, economic and political development.
agreed conclusions called for action on behalf of women and girls by
Governments, United Nations agencies, and human rights and civil society
groups, among others, in six key areas, including strengthening national
legislation, policies and programmes; expanding access and participation in
education; strengthening gender-sensitive education and training, including in
the field of science and technology; supporting the transition from education
to full employment and decent work; increasing retention and progression of
women in science and technology employment; and making science and technology
responsive to women.
Before the Commission
adopted the text, Commission Vice-Chair Filippo Cinti (Italy) said it had been
the result of extensive and intense negotiations. Unfortunately, those
talks had not been concluded by the deadline for the sessions final scheduled
meeting, but agreement late that Friday night was a testament to the
willingness of delegations to reach consensus.
In closing remarks,
Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United
Nations Entity for General Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women),
said that while the agreed conclusions indeed reflected the commitment of
Member States, they were only a first step and must be implemented and
followed up at the national level. She called on all Member States to
spare no effort to ensure that their aims and objectives were fully addressed, especially
in the six key areas of ongoing concern, such as violence against women and the
situation of rural women and girls.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged students to use
information technology and the Internet creatively to chart a better future for
humanity, saying that the web is a powerful resource and a tool for
The web is integral to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals. Online classrooms and e-learning are creating new
opportunities for education, the Secretary-General said in a message
to the 35th UN International School-UN Conference, whose theme this year is
The Web: Wiring the World.
Web-based data collection is a key to
charting our progress and identifying areas requiring extra attention. Mobile
phones with broadband technology are helping to identify malnourished children
and to connect HIV counsellors with patients, Mr. Ban told the conference in
New York.
He underlined the UNs commitment to
the freedom of information, as proclaimed in Article 19 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, and to promoting universal access to the
information and communications technologies (ICTs) that are central to
realizing that right.
One initiative through which we are
pursuing this effort is the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, which
was launched last year by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and
UNESCO [UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] and which aims to
bring broadband technology to everyone, everywhere, so that countries at all stages
of development can benefit, Mr. Ban said.
Emphasizing the power of the Internet to bring about social change, the
Secretary-General cited the dramatic events in North Africa and the
Middle East, where young people have used the web to help transform
societies and turn the tides of history.
It is young people like you who are leading this revolution, who are
not only finding their voices online but are using the technology to
shape a better future for all of us, said Mr. Ban.
Emphasizing the power of the Internet to bring about social change, the
Secretary-General cited the dramatic events in North Africa and the
Middle East, where young people have used the web to help transform
societies and turn the tides of history.
It is young people like you who are leading this revolution, who are
not only finding their voices online but are using the technology to
shape a better future for all of us, said Mr. Ban.
(Source:UN News Centre)
The scheme, which is funded by Department of Telecom's (DoT)
Universal Service Obligation Funds (USOFs), is for mobile value-added
services and information and communication technologies (ICT) related
livelihood skills for Women's Self Help Groups.
"The scheme is initiated as a gender budget scheme, it adopts an
innovative approach to connect rural women with the information and
communication technologies (ICT) sector, by involving women Self Help
Groups (SHGs)," Patil told reporters.
It will also serve the purpose of increasing the tele density, as
well as broad band connectivity in rural areas, enabling them to join
the cyber community and in this way, bridge the digital divide, states
the details of the scheme.
With the creation of ICT skills sets in rural areas, over a period of
time, these areas can become centres for the consumption and production
of various ICT goods and services, including hubs for processing
outsourced work, it added.
Patil added, "Real development cannot take root if it bypasses women,
who represent the very pivot around which social change takes shape."
(Source:One world South Asia News)
From 2 to 4 March, it was held the International Educational Innovative
Congress 2011, the most important event on education in Mexico, where they
discussed the latest trends and innovations in learning and education
worldwide, to train teachers in our country with the objective of enabling them
to address the "Era of global intelligence," which concluded that it
is necessary to rethink the role of teaching and learning for current and
future generations of Mexicans.
With the support of TELMEX, more than five thousand people, including
teachers, psychologists, teachers, specialists, school administrators and the
general public throughout the country, both public and private schools,
gathered to attend lectures and workshops where they had the opportunity to
discuss problems and solutions for education in Mexico.
Elementary and high school teachers attended the event; also it
was attended by Mrs. Margarita Zavala, who recognized the important work of
teachers in building a better country. In addition, the Master Mario Vargas
Llosa, Nobel Prize in Literature 2010, gave a lecture.
Within the Congress; TELMEX announced the scope of the various
educational initiatives offered by the company in Information and Technology,
which have been developed by the Technological Institute of TELMEX (INTTELMEX)
which is part of the Education and Culture Digital Foundation Telmex and Carlos
These initiatives that strengthen the Digital Education in our country
are provided free of charge through various activities, workshops, programs,
refresher courses and masters in suitable places set by the company with the
latest digital technology and are more than 3 500 Classrooms - TELMEX Digital
Libraries located throughout the country, TELMEX HUB Digital Library of the
Historical Center of Mexico City and the INTTELMEX IT, which together provide an art education offer, ranging from basic
education and technical, to the Master of Information and Technology to train
highly skilled professionals in technology, without having to go abroad.
Thus, the International Congress of Educational Innovation 2011 has been
a space for exchange of information, ideas and experiences on the latest trends
in education, becoming a meeting point for the main stakeholders in education
in our country.
(Source: Telmex - Mexico)
ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré was one of the international leaders to lend his support to the launch of the new Global Network of Women ICT Decision Makers (podcast), which took place at UN headquarters in New York in conjunction with the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
initiative of Serbias Minister of Communications and Information
Society, Ms Jasna Matiæ, the network aims to provide support, global
information exchange and mentorship for high-placed women in the
information and communications (ICT) industry.
by Minister Matiæ and Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN
Women, the idea for the network emerged during ITUs Plenipotentiary
Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, last October. It was subsequently
included in Resolution 70 of that conference, garnering overwhelming
support from PP-10 delegates.
In a video message to support the launch,
Dr Touré said ITU was committed to promoting ICTs as tools to empower
women and girls, as well as to encouraging more girls and women into the
ICT industry offers many incentives to those looking for abundant
career opportunities, engaging, cutting edge work, and substantial
remuneration, Dr Touré said. In the world today, there are about 850
million young women aged under 24. With the ICT sector now serving as
the worlds single biggest growth engine for jobs, were going to need
their skills, their enthusiasm, and their fresh ideas.
ITU Secretary-General went on to express his hope that one of the major
achievements of the new Global Network of Women ICT Decision Makers
will be to showcase the many talented women working in the ICT field,
and to promote these women as inspiring role-models for a new generation
of female ICT leaders.
As the 55th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
unfolds in New York, FAO urges world leaders to ensure that rural women are
fully included in the design, testing and use of agricultural technologies and
During its annual session to review
progress on gender equality and to identify critical areas where challenges
remain, CSW invited Member States representatives, United
Nations agencies and NGOs from all regions of the world to share experiences
and lessons learned on this years theme: "Access
and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and
technology, including for the promotion of womens equal access to full
employment and decent work".
At the CSW, FAO together with IFAD, WFP
and the World Bank, held two side events that focused on the practical steps
needed to improve rural womens access to productive technologies. Together
with IFAD
and the World Bank,
FAO presented research and experiences, carried out jointly with IFAD, on the
use of agricultural technologies among small and resource-poor farmers, as well
as discussed new farming techniques to help increase food security and enhance
the livelihoods of rural women and men.
Eve Crowley - Principal Advisor, Gender, Equity and Rural
Employment Division - discusses some of the benefits that science and
technology brings to rural women, and the obstacles preventing them from taking
full advantage of agricultural innovations:
How can science and technology benefit
and empower rural women?
Science and technology offers solutions
to many challenges faced by rural women: they can contribute to food security
by boosting crop yields; reduce womens domestic and productive work by
introducing labour-saving technologies; and increase participation of women in
the rural labour market through better communications.
(Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO)
The device used in the Massachusetts National Hospital did hit the tumor
diagnosis in 96% of patients.
With only a mobile phone, a thin needle and a small
molecular magnetic resonance apparatus it is possible to detect cancerous
tumors. This was explained by the doctors at Massachusetts
General Hospital in an article published in the journal Science
Translational Medicine.
Thanks to this innovative system used by doctors could succeed in the diagnosis
of cancer in 96% of patients, a figure higher than with the traditional biopsy.
"The system prevents patients undergo to procedures that are painful and
potentially dangerous", said Cesar M. Castro from Harvard Medical School,
Boston, and a member of the team that developed the procedure.
Through the collection of a portion of tumor tissue, which is subjected to an
"immunohistochemistry" (a test that uses a specific procedure that
"mark" the existence of cancer cells), is how they do the diagnostic
of molecular analysis fast. To this are added biopsies and in some cases,
previous surgeries.
The nuclear magnetic resonance micro device used nanoparticles as sensors
that measure the chemicals in the cells and the device is connected to a phone,
so that doctors can measure and read the data next to the patient's bed.
After scanning the tissues from patients to detect the expression of nine key
proteins, the doctors correctly identified to 44 patients who had malignant
tumors, and each of the diagnoses was confirmed with conventional biopsy.
(Source: Peru 21 news paper)
Ms. Migiro pointed out that global commitments to achieving universal
primary education and gender parity, at all levels of education, have
had a beneficial impact on girls school enrolment and retention rates
in many countries, but the quality of education has not kept pace,
particularly in the developing world.
Many children leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Girls and women are under-represented in science and technology,
education and employment. They are simply not getting the knowledge and
skills they need for todays competitive and changing job market.
Your discussions at this session can help connect the dots among those
key issues affecting womens prospects and well-being, said Ms. Migiro.
She said the launch of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women (UN Women) will galvanize worldwide efforts to
realize the rights and opportunities of women and girls.
UN Women will build on the strong foundation of international norms and
policies developed by the United Nations over decades. It will provide a
strong and unified voice. It will work throughout the United Nations
system to strengthen coherence and to ensure accountability, said Ms.
(Source: UN News Centre)
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Former As I Lay Dying guitarist Nick Hipa isn't happy with a lengthy interview frontman Tim Lambesis gave to Alternative Press.
The interview was posted online Friday shortly after Lambesis was sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to hire someone to kill his estranged wife, Meggan.
Hipa explains in a long Facebook post that he was in the courtroom that day only to support Meggan. He says the "apparent remorse" Lambesis shows in the pre-sentencing interview is just a facade covering what he calls a "fairly appalling agenda" to further damage the lives and reputations of his "non-supporters."
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Marc or Neil are there any photos showing the lines / areas which are classed as the back of the head ?
If not I think someone who is good with photoshop should colour code with your help
Marc or Neil are there any photos showing the lines / areas which are classed as the back of the head ?
If not I think someone who is good with photoshop should colour code with your help
Joey Essex is my hero, he's Reem.
I havent seen any actual photos, not sure if Marc has.
The back of the head illegal area descriptions have changed over the years.
Someone who has never been hit at the back of the head or worked closley with people who have, may not always realise the severity of it. An illeagal strike there can completley alter the performance of the fouled fighter and totally change the advantage.
If the fouled fighter after being hit at the back of the head continues to fight on after assesments, then a 2 point deduction is definitley warranted.
Professional MMA Referee www.mmaofficials.co.uk
thanks neil maybe marc might have photos ?
a photoshoped colour coded photo I think would answer everyones questions on the back of the head
marc ?
Joey Essex is my hero, he's Reem.
In short and even in the US There is discrepancy when going from state to state. Under the unified rules striking to the back of the head is a listed foul - without definition. It has been motioNed before to think of an imaginary 2" mohawk line on the back of the head, imaginary! Can you imagine calling a fight based upon the assumption that you "thought" strikes landed within half an inch inside of the "imaginary" 2inch line? Our job is hard enough without such absurdities.
There is much clearer and more unified and defined definition that I and many others always use. The headphone rule and all strikes that land within the defined area and BEHIND the headphone strap and BELOW the top of ears. [below the curvuture of the crown] are clearly a strike to the back of the head. To compound the difficulty everyones skull comes in differing shapes and sizes! there was notion toward including the two inch line above the tope of the ears and to the curve of the head - again a confusing and difficult call in the role of a referee.
If the whole of a fist lands behind an ear and to the back of the head then this is an illegal blow. If the fist, or part of is contacting the ear, however marginal then it is ok. Consideration should also be given to fighters turning to present the back of the head to an oncoming punch and this is not the same as a fighter clearly throwing to the back of the head.
It is can be a very difficult call to make in the heat of the action, especially when a fighter is in a potential fight ending flurry but he must stay controlled and be able to pick the shots so as to avoid any dispute. Another variable to consider is when a fighter is in a cross body / side position raining down hammer fists to his opponent, they may very well intending to land on the legal areas but such is thecposition and angle of the strikes that the wrist and forearm are clearly connecting with the illegal area before the fist lands. I have had this is the past and this was also happening in then recent Silva v Prater fight.
Hope this helps for now.
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if you think its easy stop now
no one achieved anything by doing nothing
never argue with a fool
if fighting is a pursuit rooted in pain, you will find the best teachers have often absorbed the most punishment themselves......and remained standing
All the Referees I know follow the ruling there that Marc has described as/for the back of the head.
It is difficult at times to police this, but as Referees we can only act on what we see at the exact time of any incident according to the rules set we have.
Professional MMA Referee www.mmaofficials.co.uk
Illegal striking back of head.JPG
Please check the above picture, this is what I use when reffing fights.
Marc & Neil would you agree?
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So basically from the crown of the head, down a 2inch centre-line and including all of, and between, the 'eleven's' (two muscles running down the read of the neck/lower rear of skull?


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Brevard, N.C.- The Brevard College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Montreat Invitational on Saturday, highlighted by junior Angela Canale's fourth place individual finish.
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Royals No. 4 prospect ties franchise record with 11 strikeouts
By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com | May 5, 2012 7:44 PM ET
The Royals' No. 4 prospect tied a season high with 11 strikeouts and gave up a run on two hits over 7 1/3 innings Saturday as Double-A Northwest Arkansas edged the Tulsa Drillers, 2-1.
Odorizzi retired his first nine batters before allowing a leadoff homer to Josh Rutledge in the fourth inning. After walking Tim Torres with two outs in the fifth, the 22-year-old right-hander set down eight straight Drillers before Torres ended his night with a one-out single in the eighth.
"It was one of those starts where all your pitches show up," Odorizzi said. "The key was getting ahead, throwing strikes and commanding the zone."
Nearly two weeks ago, Odorizzi fanned 11 batters over seven shutout innings against Springfield. While matching his own franchise record was nice, Odorizzi was pleased with Saturday's outing for other reasons.
"Not even with the strikeouts, they had just the one hit before the last inning," he said. "I was just happy with the way I kept the ball in the zone. And the defense played great behind me."
Odorizzi endured an up-and-down April, going 2-2 with a 4.18 ERA in five starts. On April 12 against Corpus Christi, he endured the second-shortest outing of his career, retiring two batters and giving up four runs on a hit and three walks.
"Early in the year, you're not in perfect form, but I'm not going to blame that," the Illinois native said. "It's just a couple of rough outings and I'm glad I rebounded from it. Hopefully, I can just keep on carrying on. Nights aren't always going to be like this, but hopefully I can be consistent."
Odorizzi, who registered a career-high 13 strikeouts for Class A Advanced Wilmington last May 10, believes the key going forward is pretty simple.
"Just throwing strikes and getting ahead early," he said. "Once you get ahead, there's a lot more things you can do. Hitters take a different approach; you don't have to throw fastballs in a fastball count. You have a lot more options when you're ahead in the count."
Wil Myers, the Royals' No. 2 prospect, slugged his eighth homer, matching his total for all of last season.
"When he's out there hitting on a daily basis, it helps our staff out and our team out," Odorizzi said. "He can hit, he doesn't care who is on the mound. He drives the ball in just about every at-bat. He's a great hitter and I think we're going to see more of it."
Blaine Hardy took over for Odorizzi and recorded the final five outs, allowing one hit, en route to his third save.
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Sociometric tests are measures used to assess various aspects of group members and their interactions.
Measure of characteristics of group membersEdit
These assess such factors as preferences and attitudes as they might relate to group participation etc. These might include:
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These assess the pattern of social interaction within groups: They include:
Moreno's Criteria for Sociometric TestsEdit
In "Sociometry, Experimental Method and the Science of Society. An Approach to a New Political Orientation." Moreno describes the depth to which a group needs to go for the method to be "sociometric". The term for him had a qualitative meaning and did not apply unless some group process criteria were met. One of these is that there is acknowledgment of the difference between process dynamics and the manifest content. To quote Moreno: "there is a deep discrepancy between the official and the secret behavior of members". Moreno advocates that before any "social program" can be proposed, the sociometrist has to "take into account the actual constitution of the group."
Other criteria are: the Rule of adequate motivation: "Every participant should feel about the experiment that it is in his (or her) own cause . . . that it is an opportunity for him (or her) to become an active agent in matters concerning his (or her) life situation." and the Rule of "gradual" inclusion of all extraneous criteria. Moreno speaks here of "the slow dialectic process of the sociometric experiment".
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- Moreno, J. L., 1951, Sociometry, Experimental Method and the Science of Society. An Approach to a New Political Orientation. Beacon House, Beacon, New York.


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Even though House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has acknowledged that Obamacare is the "law of the land," nine state lawmakers in Wisconsin are hoping to ensure that President Obama's health reform law won't ever be implemented in their state. The group of Tea Party-affiliated Republicans is backing a bill that would arrest any federal officials who attempt to implement Obamacare in Wisconsin.
The state officials responded to a survey from the right-wing advocacy group Campaign for Liberty to confirm they would support "legislation to nullify ObamaCare and authorize state and local law enforcement to arrest federal officials attempting to implement the unconstitutional health care scheme known as ObamaCare." As the Journal Sentinel reports, the nine lawmakers who say they would back such a bill remain unconvinced of the health law's constitutionality:
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Does this happen if you connect to your network via WICD or manual wireless connection setup ?
This is a new install of Backtrack 5.3 with nmap 6.01. From what I've read in these forums and on Google, this problem is being caused by monitor mode. My question is how to I end monitor mode, but keep connected to my network?
-The error happens on both eth0 and wlan0 interfaces.
-nmap starts to work, if I use the --unprivileged switch, but then complains that it can't run most scans that way.
-when I use 'airmon-ng stop wlan0' it shows "monitor mode disabled", but then I'm disconnected from my network.
So suggestions about how to get nmap started would be appreciated. This is most likely a user problem.
Does this happen if you connect to your network via WICD or manual wireless connection setup ?
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Monitor mode will only function on wlan0 as this is an 802.11 function and is not applicable to ethernet adaptors.
Monitor mode is not necessary to associate with a network, have you tried not entering monitor mode in the first place, associating with the network (ensure you have an IP address and can communicate with other hosts on the network) and then tried running the scan?
So far I have tried to connect using WiCd and manually for the wifi0 port. Presumably, when I use a manual connection, I'm not in monitor mode?
The 'nmap --iflist' command shows "INTERFACES: NONE FOUND!", but I can ping my local router and google, so I'm obviously connected.
Monitor mode seems to be the problem. What command tells me that I am or am not in monitor mode?
it should be airmon-ng stop mon0
SOLUTION...The problem was solved after reading the FAQ and then upgrading my software. Apparently, the problem is fixed by updates, and now NMAP works normally. Thanks to all who tried to help.


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Matt Smith Named Semifinalist for William V. Campbell Trophy
Oct. 11, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky senior center Matt Smith was honored recently as one of the best and brightest student-athletes on the college gridiron as he was selected as a candidate for the 2012 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Awards and a semifinalist for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the best football scholar-athlete in the nation.
Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates for the awards must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor, and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The class is selected each year by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally recognized group of media, College Football Hall of Famers and athletics administrators.
Smith, a native of Louisville, Ky., is a three-year starter at center for the Wildcats and a permanent team captain this season. The senior is known as a leader both on and off the field for the Wildcats. Smith, who was on the Rimington Trophy Watch List each of the past two seasons, has played in 35 career games with 28 starts. He carries a 3.29 career grade point average with a major in middle school education. He has been extremely active in community service. In May, he journeyed to Ethiopia with two teammates and Coach Joker Phillips for a service/educational trip. He put in more than 100 hours in service with the Salvation Army and he has worked events with the Veterans Hospital, Camp Cedarmore, Read Across America and the Big Blue Move-In.
The NFF Awards Committee will select up to 16 recipients, and the results will be announced via a national press release on Thursday, Oct. 25. Each recipient will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship, and they will vie as finalists for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy. Each member of the 2012 National Scholar-Athlete Class will also travel to New York City to be honored Dec. 4 during the 55th NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports. One member of the class will also be announced live at the event as the winner of the Campbell Trophy.
Named in honor of Bill Campbell, the chairman of Intuit, former player and head coach at Columbia University and the 2004 recipient of the NFF's Gold Medal, the award comes with a 25-pound bronze trophy and increases the amount of the recipient's grant by $7,000 for a total post-graduate scholarship of $25,000. A total distribution of $300,000 in scholarships will be awarded at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner, pushing the program's all-time distributions to more than $10.1 million.
Launched in 1959, the NFF scholar-athlete program became the first initiative in history to award post-graduate scholarships based on both a player's academic and athletic accomplishments. The Campbell Trophy, first awarded in 1990, adds to the program's mystique, having previously honored two Rhodes Scholars, a Rhodes Scholar finalist, two Heisman Trophy winners and five first-round NFL draft picks.
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Kimberly Farr has appeared on Broadway, at the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Roundabout Theatre, Playwright's Horizons, and the American Place. She created the role of "Eve" in Arthur Miller's first and only musical, Up From Paradise, which was directed by the author. She appeared with Vanessa Redgrave in the Broadway production of The Lady From the Sea. She has also acted in regional theatres from Los Angeles to New Haven, Connecticut, including the original production of The 1940's Radio Hour at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage.


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Some Secrets of the Qur'an
Secrets of Finding the Straight Path
Almost everyone has his own rights and wrongs. The criteria used to determine these rights and wrongs differ greatly. A book, a person, a politician, or, at times, a philosopher may well be the guide in life for a person. However, the right path, which is the only path that leads to salvation, is the religion which God has chosen. In this path, the unique goal is to earn the pleasure, mercy and paradise of God. Other paths, no matter how attractive they may seem, are deceptive and lead to ruin, hopelessness, unhappiness and painful punishment both in this world and in the hereafter (unless God wills otherwise).
Those who are guided to the straight path are a secret revealed in the Qur'an. They are the servants God has guided to His straight path and who earn His paradise.
Believing with certainty
Before all else, one needs to have faith in order to be guided to the straight path. If one believes that the only possessor and creator of the heavens and the earth and everything in between is God, and is certain that the reason of his existence in the world is to be the servant of God, and seeks to earn God's contentment all through his life, God guides him to the straight path. Faith in God, in the hereafter and the Qur'an should be a resolute and certain faith. Although some people say that they are believers, they may have doubts. When they are together with disbelievers and remain under their influence, such people are likely to display weaknesses and assume a hostile attitude against God and His religion. However, those God guides to the straight path have a resolute and unwavering faith:
Turning to God with complete submission
Believers' turning to God with complete submission is another secret of being guided to the straight path. For one who believes in God and fears the hereafter, this world holds no charm.
When the only ambition is to please God, true believers turn to God in all their acts, and knowing that God is testing them, they submit themselves to the fate God has predetermined. God has informed that those who submit themselves to Him will be guided to the straight path:
Turning to God with complete submission
Another command of God to His servants who desire to be guided to the straight path is as follows:
Believers who fear God strive to purify themselves of their wrongdoing and to attain the moral perfection God will be most pleased with. However, one needs humility to be absolved of mistakes and receive guidance to the straight path. A modest person who seeks to purify himself will, first of all, meticulously follow God's commands. Besides, sincere believers are friends and protectors of one another. They command what is right and forbid what is wrong. Hence, knowing that a believer's warning is of great importance for one's reckoning in the hereafter, believers should also be receptive to one another's advice. One who follows good advice will be guided to the right path. God gives good news to His servants who avoid following the Satan and obey those who call to the Qur'an and to its commands:


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Stephen Tharp is recognized as one of the greatest concert organists of our age. He is the recipient of the 2011 International Performer of the Year Award by the New York City chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and has played more than 1400 concerts across 43 tours worldwide, earning him the reputation as the most traveled concert organist of his generation. Stephen Tharp will perform a thrilling program on the 100-rank Grieb-Williams Organ of the Cathedral.
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