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Agriculture
Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media
The Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media (CAAM) in India focuses
on farmer friendly communication systems. They aim is to promote
alternative efforts in agricultural communication, bridge the communication
gap between farmers and scientists/government, set up a library
on alternative agriculture and alternative agricultural communication,
maintain a website and publish an e-bulletin.
http://www.farmedia.org
Arts
Access Arts
Creating diversity in the arts. Access Arts is a non-profit, professional
arts organisation working with people with disabilities and people
disadvantaged by social conditions with the aim to assist them to
fulfil their ambitions in the arts. We run projects for all people
including Indigenous Australians. Access Arts present the exhibition,
Visionary
Images at the Ideas Bazaar.
http://www.accessarts.org.au
Architecture of a Bug
Using a blend of the architectural and the symbolic, Glen Henderson
continues her exploration of the interaction between the body, fluidity
and physical environment. Henderson's exhibition will include large
sculptural installation, video projection, a museum-like display
of smaller sculptural forms and works on paper. This work is presented
at the Ideas Bazaar.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/glenhenderson
Fine Art Forum
fineArt forum explores the relationship between the arts, sciences
and technology.
http://www.fineartforum.org
Fire-Works Gallery and Campfire Group
Fire-Works Gallery seeks to enhance the perception of Australian
Indigenous art throughout the world. The gallery built on the strength
of cultural integrity and our respect for the vital role which artists
and their work play in all communities. With its roots in both the
outback and urban cultures of indigenous people, Fire-Works focuses
on encouraging innovation and experimentation, and collaboration
within Indigenous art and culture. Fire-Works is the home of Campfire
Group, a collaborative collective of Indigenous and non-Indigenous
artists. Fire-Works Gallery and Campfire group present the installation,
Borderless Worlds at the Ideas Bazaar.
http://www.fireworksgallery.com.au
Multimedia Arts Asia Pacific
MAAP provides a space for artists, multimedia developers, screen
practitioners, and sound artists to exhibit and profile work created
in this domain. MAAP (Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Inc). MAAP seeks
to create an international space dedicated to fostering artistic
creativity and experimentation in digital and other contemporary
technologies.
http://www.maap.org.au
noise
noise is a national media-based arts festival that will showcase
the creative work of Australians aged 25 and under. In October 2001,
noise will be launched across Australia through the internet, TV,
radio and print media.
http://www.noise.net.au/
Pinhole Visions Submitted by Gary Andrews
Gary describes this site as "an interesting and informative".
Pinhole photography has been around since the late 19th century,
enjoying periods of renewed interest from time to time. Thanks to
the capabilities of the World Wide Web to display images, pinhole
photographers are reaching larger audiences than ever before. In
addition, there is a growing wealth of historical and technical
information as people share their pinhole knowledge. The Pinhole
Visions web site provides access to information on pinhole photography,
and to the work of pinhole photographers from all parts of the world.
The site has been continuously updated with new exhibits as well
as news and events since 1997.
http://pinhole.com/
trAce Online Writing Centre
trAce connects writers and readers around the world in real and
virtual space. trAce promotes an accessible and inclusive approach
to the internet with the focus on creativity, collaboration and
training. This is where writers meet to experiment, create new work,
and expand the potential of the global literary community.
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/
Writing The City Part 4 - Architectural Fictions
Writing the City is an ongoing series of site-specific projects
by artist, Dr. Lisa Anderson. These works use sites and spaces in
ways that invite comment through the interruptive focus of the narratives.
Writing on cities, the stories of the past, the present and the
future are told. Visually, the texts re-interpret the space within
architectural traditions of surface decoration to create layers
of meaning for the user/tenant of the space. These works play within
the new boundaries of the fragmented city to create an impasto of
personal memory within the consumption and commodification of notions
of community. Writing The City Part 4 - Architectural Fictions is
presented at the Ideas Bazaar.
http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/02_program_2001/05_field_of_spectator.htm#city4
Architecture
Archi-tectonics
Winka Dubbeldam's New York based architecture firm. The website
presents a dossier of projects, articles and ideas about architecture
and urban design.
http://www.archi-tectonics.com
ArchitectureWeek
ArchitectureWeek™ is an American magazine of design and building,
providing news and features weekly on architecture and construction,
digital media, and building culture.
http://www.architectureweek.com/topics/digital.html
Architecture Australia
Australia's journal of architecture and design featuring criticism,
articles, reviews and commentary on Australian architecture.
http://www.archmedia.com.au/aa
Bioscience
Gene CRC
The Cooperative Research Centre for Discovery of Genes for Common
Human Diseases (Gene CRC) has brought together four of Australia's
leading genetic research groups with industry to identify genes
that are important in determining susceptibility to common human
diseases. The Gene CRC seeks to enhance the capacity of Australian
academia, industry and society to apply the wealth and diversity
of genetic information that will accrue over the coming decade and
beyond.
http://www.genecrc.org
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is a national research and
development initiative of Queensland University with state and federal
governments. The Institute has a multidisciplinary environment with
research divisions encompassing: genomics and bioinformatics; genetics
and developmental biology; cell biology; structural biology; and
biological chemistry and molecular design.
http://www.imb.uq.edu.au
Bookshops
University of Queensland Bookshop
The University Bookshop is located on St Lucia, Gatton and Ipswich
campuses. The Bookshop provides a range of student services including:
Text Book Mart; Software Mart; General Books; Stationery; and the
Vodafone Shop. Wordsmiths - The Writers Cafe is adjacent to the
St Lucia bookshop, Wordsmiths is open seven days a week offering
coffee, other beverages and a selection of food.
http://www.bookshop.uq.edu.au
Business and Entrepreneurship
Ashoka
Ashoka's mission is to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship
around the world. Ashoka searches the world for the best new ideas,
championed by the most capable, innovative social entrepreneurs.
http://www.ashoka.org
Australian Employee Ownership Association
The AEOA aims to promote the benefits of employee ownership and
encourage research into the effects of employee ownership on businesses.
http://www.aeoa.org.au
The Body Shop
A global retailer of personal care products. Integral to the philosophy
of The Body Shop is the pursuit of social and environmental change.
http://www.thebodyshop.com.au
Changemakers.net
Web guide to the rapidly growing profession of social entrepreneurship.
Changemakers.net provides resources, inspiring ideas and opportunities
for social entrepreneurs and those interested in learning more about
innovative social change.
http://www.changemakers.net
Communications
Connecting the Continent
Connecting the Continent is a Centenary of Federation event which
celebrates the role of telecommunications in nation building, from
the Overland Telegraph to the future of the information revolution.
The Connecting the Continent event will profile, in sequence, a
day in the life of each of the Australian outback communities on
the Overland Telegraph line between Port Augusta and Darwin. Each
community will tell the story of a day in their lives, through video
and audio recordings, virtual reality scenes, webcam broadcasts,
chats and forums, text, photographs and other images.
http://www.connectingthecontinent.com
The Communication Initiative
The Communication Initiative seeks to improve strategic communication
thinking on development issues as well as advance the extent and
quality of communication for change information. Advocating the
effectiveness of communication for sustainable development, the
organisation also seeks to expand dialogue, debate and review of
key communication issues and programmes.
http://www.comminit.com
Millennium Youth Forum
The Millennium Youth Forum is a project of the Woodford Folk Festival,
funded by the Centenary of Federation Queensland. Part of the project
is an interactive website, MYForum. The site allows young people
to directly upload media they want to show the world, then relate
their stuff to other elements of the site.
http://www.remyforum.net
Competitions for Kids and Students
2020 Vision Competition
An initiative by the International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI) in Washington, this competition is for young people aged
15-18 to contribute their thoughts and ideas for ending world hunger.
Selected entries will be presented to an international conference
to be held in Bonn as well as be published in a book to be added
to the 2020 Vision series of publications published by IFPRI. The
winning entry will receive a grand prize cash award of U.S.$500.
The winning individual or representative of the winning group will
be invited to the 2020 Vision Conference in Bonn in September 2001.
A number of runner-ups will be selected. They will receive U.S.$250
in cash. Competition closes on 1 JUNE 2001.
http://www.ifpri.org/2020conference/contests.asp
GENE Dreams - genETHICS Competition 2001
Healthy babies? Designer Babies? What do you think of the genetic
testings proposed in this year's hypothetical scenario? The scenario,
guidelines and entry form are all available online. Students can
enter and have their say plus be in the running for $$ and resources
for their school. Following the success of the last two years' Genethics
competitions, the Gene CRC is pleased to announce the genETHICS
Competition 2001, this year including students from New South Wales
as well as Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. Contact the Gene CRC
Education and Ethics Office on (03) 8341 6319 (VIC) or (07) 3365
1834 (QLD).
http://www.genecrc.org/site/lc/lc3cz.htm
International Competition for young female inventors
The Foundation for Women launches a competition to encourage girls
to develop and realize new projects and ideas. The competition is
open to individual or groups of girls aged between 10 and 17 from
anywhere in the world. The foundation will support excellent ideas
and at best promote them for patenting, production and distribution.
The submitted projects will be presented at an exhibition at the
end of the competition. Deadline is December 12, 2001.
http://www.magna.com.au/~iaaq/sub/yfi.htm
Cultural Studies and Criticism
API Network Submitted by P.Cloran
Dedicated to the 'Democratisation of Knowledge', the API Network
is a free cultural gateway, linking public intellectuals through
its mailing list, online Forum, chat room and regular posting of
news relating to book, journal and ezine publications, conferences,
events, tours and funding opportunities in the field of Australian
Studies.
http://www.api-network.com
Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Games Research
First issue was released in July 2001. Game Studies is a crossdisciplinary
journal dedicated to games research and published 3-4 time per year.
The primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects
of computer games. Games Studies seeks to explore the rich cultural
genre of games; to give scholars a peer-reviewed forum for their
ideas and theories; to provide an academic channel for the ongoing
discussions on games and gaming.
http://www.gamestudies.org
M/C
M/C Online is a point of connection between the different initiatives
in which 'Team M/C' is involved. From the M/C website, readers have
access to M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture as well as to M/C
Reviews. As well, there are also occasional special events, the
Media-Culture mailing-list, and a collection of links to other interesting
sites addressing culture and the media. Each issue of the quarterly
journal is themed.
http://www.api-network.com/mc
Development
Development Gateway
The Development Gateway is a knowledge sharing initiative about
development and is taking shape in collaboration with the private
sector, civil society, international agencies, and governments.
It is a global portal where people and organizations can share knowledge,
engage in dialogues, and work together to reduce poverty. The gateway
platform is also being used to launch country gateways so that people
and organizations in developing countries are connected.
http://www.developmentgateway.org
GRET
Founded in 1976, GRET is a development support organisation that
acts for the economic and social development of developing countries
through a combination of research, action and communication. GRET
is active in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
http://www.gret.org
Sustainable Development Online
The European Foundation presents SD Online, a special feature of
the Sustainable Development pages. SD Online is a full-text database
of the Foundation's resources that explore specific facets of the
sustainability debate and take advantage of the Foundation's research
in a variety of areas.
http://www.sd-online.netGEOGRAPHY
Democracy
Democracies Online
Promoting online civic participation and democracy efforts around
the world through information exchange, experience sharing, outreach,
and education.
http://e-democracy.org/do
Demokratica
Demokratica is a political, economic and social movement. Demokratica's
main aim is to make the economy democratic (unlike capitalism where
capital rules) and to create a market-system that supports cooperation
instead of competition - while ensuring that no one exploits this
openess. Demokratica thinks very ethically and asks 'what is truly
good for all people?' Demokratica fights against economic injustice.
http://www.demokratica.org
Digital Governance
Knowledge networking for better governance. The widening use of
Information and Communication Technology is leading to distributed
Knowledge and Power structures. It is changing the political scene,
democracy and the way citizens interact with the Government. With
the emergence of pro-active Knowledge Societies, Governments will
have no choice but to constantly Improvise to bring in greater efficiency,
accountability and transparency in their functioning.
http://www.digitalgovernance.org
Design
Metropolis Magazine
Metropolis is committed to the examination of contemporary life
through the various design disciplines (architecture, interior design,
product design, graphic design, crafts, planning, and preservation).
The designed environment is a reflection of who we are and who we
want to be, as individuals and as a people.
http://www.metropolismag.com
Dreams
The Collective Unconscious Project Submitted by Karen Knowles
The Collective Unconsciousness Project (TCUP) is not designed to
be a finished project, but an evolving framework that is both created
and changed through interaction with it. It exists as both and online
community and personal space, not as straight forward as an information
driven website, but a nonlinear experience based on chance and the
user's interactions. The purpose is to view connections between
our dreams. Users can contribute to the site by logging their dreams.
http://tcup.currentform.com/
Economics
Economic Society of Australia
The Society encourages the study of economics and investigates local
and general economic problems.
http://www.ecosoc.org.au
The International Simultaneous Policy Organisation Submitted
by Jamie Redfern
The ISPO has developed a means of not only of regaining control
of global financial markets and transnational corporations, but
of creating the conditions for a global society and economy more
compatible with Nature and the needs of human nature. It argues
that a fundamental transformation from international competition
to global co-operation is required, for only through global co-operation
between nation states can meaningful changes be implemented. To
achieve this aim, ISPO crucially sets out a practical, effective
and peaceful means of doing so: the Simultaneous Policy.
http://www.simpol.org/
Education and Training
Bridging the Gap - The National Education and Employment Forum
Brisbane, 16 - 17 August 2001. A Forum for the development of creative
strategies for addressing issues of educational/training disadvantage.
The aim of the National Education and Employment is to pursue proposals
for action by all available bodies responsible for education and
training for employment. This forum examines the role of education
in overcoming the increasing distance between the 'haves and the
have nots'.
http://www.wef.com.au
Ethics
St James Ethics Centre
The St James Ethics Centre is an independent non-profit, non-political
organisation that provides a forum for the promotion of business
and professional ethics based in Australia with offices in both
Sydney and Melbourne.
http://www.ethics.org.au/
Environment and Ecology
Ecological Debt
Chairperson of Friends of the Earth International presented at the
What is Ecological Debt? forum in Melbourne. He said, "the
capacity of the human being to destroy the planet is global. It
is not only that a given forest in a given country is being destroyed.
We're talking about the whole planet." All of the recordings
from the "What is Ecological Debt" forum are now online.
http://foe.org.au/docs
Global Scenario Group
The Global Scenario Group (GSG) is an international initiative to
address long-range environmental and development possibilities,
raise public awareness and identify actions for a sustainable future.
The GSG was established by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
to engage a diverse group of development professionals in a long-term
commitment to examining the perils and opportunities for the 21st
Century.
http://www.gsg.org
Greenpeace Australia Submitted by Graham Merton
Greenpeace is an independent organisation campaigning to ensure
a just, peaceful, sustainable environment for future generations.
Our mission and core values are based on independence, non-violence
and bearing witness. Greenpeace International began in Canada in
1971 and today has a presence in more than 41 countries, and 2.5
million supporters worldwide. Greenpeace Australia was founded in
1977 and joined forces with Greenpeace Pacific in 1998. Together
we have more than 120,000 supporters who are the backbone of Greenpeace
Australia Pacific.
http://www.greenpeace.org.au
International Society for Ecological Economists
ISEE is dedicated to advancing understanding of the relationships
among ecological, social, and economic systems for the mutual well-being
of nature and people. The Society assists its members and ecological
economists generally, regional societies of ecological economics,
related societies, and other organizations in such matters of common
concern as can be dealt with more effectively by united action.
http://www.ecologicaleconomics.org/
Youth Environmental News Desk Submitted by K.Shoate
News reports on successful environmental endeavors written by youth
up to the age of 19 will be published and distributed worldwide
by the Environment News Service (ENS). The reports will be translated
and distributed in Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Swedish,
Mandarin, Swahili, French, Nepali, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu.
http://ens-news.com
Food and Hunger
Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research
CGIAR's mission is to contribute to food security and poverty
eradication in developing countries through research, partnership,
capacity building, and policy support. The CGIAR promotes sustainable
agricultural development based on the environmentally sound management
of natural resources.
http://www.cgiar.org
Crawford Fund
The Crawford Fund, a non-profit, non-government, national support
organization for international agricultural research.
http://www.crawfordfund.org
Future Harvest
Science for Food, People and the Environment. Future Harvest
is a wake-up call. It focuses global attention to world hunger,
the environment and agriculture. It seeks to advance debate and
catalyze action for a world with less poverty, a healthier human
family, and a better environment. Future Harvest was created by
16 food and environmental research centers, known as the Future
Harvest Centers, located around the world. These centers are supported
by 58 governments, private foundations, and international and regional
organizations known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR).
http://www.futureharvest.org
2020 Vision Conference
The 2020 Vision Conference is part of a worldwide campaign
dedicated to peering into the future to consider changes and developments
that are likely to occur throughout the world during the next 19
years - by the end of the year 2020 - in order to feed a growing
population without further damage to our environment.
http://www.ifpri.org/2020conference/
Futures
Faith Popcorn
Faith Popcorn is founder of BrainReserve, the futurist marketing
consultancy she established in 1974. Recognized as America's foremost
Trend expert, she is documented as having a 95% accuracy rate.
http://www.faithpopcorn.com
Futures Foundation
The Futures Foundation is a centre for learning about the future.
It promotes the discipline of futures studies as a unique management
tool and provides a forum for members and managers to engage with
critically important emerging issues.
http://www.futurists.net.au
MetaFutures
Explorations in Futures studies will enable you to: learn how
to go beyond strategic planning and envision your desired organizational
future; backcast from the future and create a new present; use trends
to analyse the future of your profession; and find out how to go
beyond the litany of official futures, the MetaFutures that organize
our world.
http://www.metafuture.org
The Spike
The unofficial homepage of Damien Broderick who will be speaking
at Ideas at the Powerhouse.
http://thespike.addr.com
Transhumanist
Transhumanism represents a radical new approach to future-oriented
thinking that is based on the premise that the human species does
not represent the end of our evolution but, rather, its beginning.
http://www.transhumanist.org
Geography
Cybergeography Research Centre
The CRS is located in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
at the University College London. The Centre is focused on the issues
of measuring and mapping the Internet and the Web and offers a discussion
list and newsletter.
http://www.cybergeography.org
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
The TGN is a structured vocabulary of around 1,000,000 geographic
names, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, and
place types, and focusing on places important for the study of art
and architecture.
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn
Global
Barcelona Forum 2004
The First Universal Forum of Cultures will be held in Barcelona
in the year 2004. The Forum will be a stage open to the creativity
of all nations and a space in which dialogue among the citizens
of the world is possible. The Barcelona Forum 2004 has three core
themes: cultural diversity, sustainable development and conditions
for peace.
http://www.barcelona2004.org
Global Ideas Bank
A Global Ideas Bank for socially innovative non-technological
ideas and projects. Currently has 2661 ideas from different sources
and publications. You can suggest your own Ideas.
http://www.globalideasbank.org
Global Learning Centre
The Global Learning Centre aims to promote understanding of
people's shared responsibilities for developing more peaceful, just
and ecologically sustainable communities in our world.
http://www.uq.net.au/%7Ezzglcent
Global Knowledge Partnerships
The Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) is an evolving, informal
partnership of public, private and not-for-profit organizations.
Partner organizations are committed to sharing information, experiences
and resources to promote broad access to, and effective use of,
knowledge and information as tools of
sustainable, equitable development.
http://www.globalknowledge.org
Global Standard Time
Global Standard Time 3.0 is a single time-zone for the entire world
in a base-ten or decimal structure and format developed over a period
of several years starting in '96, working with about 25 folks over
the web. XTime does not use seconds, minutes or hours. Instead XTime
is based entirely on the decimal part of the day equal to 1/1000th
of 1% of the day, and is set to midnight on the international date
line.
http://www.xtime.org
International Simultaneous Policy Organisation Submitted by
D.Everingham
Global register of people and groups pledging to vote first for
candidates committed to implement simultaneously with virtually
all competing governments national and global regulations to put
social and environmental impacts on a par with economic goals, to
regulate global capital which moves investment and jobs across borders
to control governments.
http://www.simpol.org
International Young Professionals Summit
The Summit will gather speakers and young professionals aged
18 - 35 years from all over the globe to address key issues facing
humanity which stem from the four summit themes of poverty, sustainability,
social capital and environment. Summit solutions will be presented
to the 2001 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) as
recommendations for adoption by governments and corporations. The
Summit will be held from 2 - 6 October 2001 at the ANA Hotel, Gold
Coast, Australia.
http://www.iyps.org
OneWorld
OneWorld is an international network of co-operative centres,
held together by OneWorld International. OneWorld has a vision of
equitable and sustainable distribution of wealth amongst the world's
population, underpinned by global attainment and protection of human
rights and by governance structures which permit local communities
control over their own affairs. OneWorld is dedicated to harnessing
the democratic potential of the internet to promote human rights
and sustainable development
http://www.oneworld.org
One World Action
One World Action is working for a world free from poverty and oppression
in which strong democracies safeguard the rights of all people.
To this end, One World Action provides practical help to organisations
committed to strengthening the democratic process and improving
people's lives in poor and developing countries. These goals are
indivisible; only by giving people a say in the decisions that affect
them can we hope to bring about lasting and positive change.
http://www.oneworldaction.org/
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
TFF's mission is peace: learning to handle conflicts with ever
less violence against other human beings, other cultures and Nature.
http://www.transnational.org
Government
Visible Ink Submitted by S.Caines
Visible Ink is Brisbane City Council's youth participation strategy
focusing on young people to get involved, get heard and get active.
http://www.visible-ink.org
Health, Wellbeing and Medicine
AIDS - The First Twenty Years
Read this article from the New England Journal of Medicine. The
disease now known as the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or
AIDS, was first reported 20 years ago in the Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report. This article reviews the many important developments
in the first 20 years of AIDS.
http://www.nejm.org/earlyrelease/feature.asp?strxmlfilename=20010604/01060706
Institute for Healthy Communities
The Institute aims to increase the capacity of individuals
and communities to improve and sustain well being by providing quality
improvement and organisational development services to the health
and human services sector.
http://www.ihca.com.au
Immunology
The Australian Academy of Science interviews Australian 1996
Nobel Laureate, Professor Peter Doherty whose discovery was one
of 'the most profound' in the field of Immunology. His discovery
had provided "a clearer understanding of the intricate mechanisms
at work in our bodies and its massive implications extend to the
treatment of many terrible diseases."
http://www.science.org.au/scientists/doherty.htm
Quest for Life Foundation
This retreat situated in NSW's Central Highlands was founded
in 1990 by Petrea King. The Foundation provides residential programs
and service that encourage, empower and educate people with cancer
and other life threatening illnesses and the people who love them.
http://www.questforlife.com.au
Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Queensland Inc.
Voluntary Euthanasia Societies seeks legislative changes to
enable those suffering severe mental or physical distress with no
reasonable hope of relief to have, if they so wish, access to a
medically assisted or induced, quick, peaceful and dignified death
at the request of the patient, in the interests of the patient and
under prescribed safeguards, as an option of last resort. The patient
should have that choice
http://cwpp.slq.qld.gov.au/vesq
World Health Organisation
The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the
highest possible level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO
Constitution, is a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
http://www.who.int
Housing and Urban Environments
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
AHURI aims to achieve better housing market outcomes; efficient
and effective housing assistance programs; and build viable communities.
http://www.ahuri.edu.au
Human Rights
Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International works to promote and to protect human
rights around the world.
http://www.amnesty.org.au
UNESCO
The main objective of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization) is to contribute to peace and security
in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education,
science, culture and communication in order to further universal
respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights
and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the
world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by
the Charter of the United Nations.
http://www.unesco.org
Humour
Judy Horacek
Judy Horacek is an Australian cartoonist and writer. She has been
drawing cartoons for about twelve years now and has worked for a
multitude of community groups, unions, small magazines and good
causes. Her work is often concerned with feminism, the environment
and social justice issues. Every month the website features a different
cartoon topic.
http://www.horacek.com.au
Ideas and Innovation
Australia Innovates
Australia Innovates features the top 100 Australian innovations
of the twentieth century. Developed by The Powerhouse Museum and
the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering,
the website features stories, pictures and resource information
on innovations that have made an important impact on Australia and
the world. Only 90 of the top 100 innovations are currently listed
on the website with the remaining 10 still to be decided. The Australian
public are invited to nominate innovations for inclusion in the
Top 100 by submitting an online nomination form by 31 August 2001.
http://www.phm.gov.au/australia_innovates/
Australian Technology Showcase Submitted by Steve Dewitt-Rowson
The Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) is an international campaign
to promote Queensland and Australia as a source of innovative, knowledge-intensive
industries. The ATS aims to expand business, increase exports of
innovative technologies and attract foreign and local capital for
technology development and commercialisation.
http://ats.business.gov.au
The Brisbane Institute
The Brisbane Institute is about Ideas! Innovation! Networking!
The Brisbane Institute provides a calendar of events incorporating
speakers of local, national and international standing. It is an
ideas marketplace, where anyone is welcome to attend seminars, policy
briefings and conferences, join in the discussion and share their
own ideas. The Brisbane Institute's driving force is reflected in
a Charter which embraces the value of learning through discussion
and the most innovative tools of the information society.
http://www.brisinst.org.au
Queensland Food and Fibre Science and Innovation Council
The QFFSIC was established in 1999 to ensure that Department of
Primary Industries is well placed to advance and promote Queensland's
food and fibre nationally and internationally. QFFSIC is the Queensland
Government's principal source of advice relating to issues in DPI-led
research, development and extension in the food and fibre sector.
The Council seeks to maximise opportunities for the Government's
investment in food and fibre science and innovation to deliver an
appropriate mix of social, economic and environmental outcomes for
Queensland.
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/ocs/2459.html
Intellectual Property
Australian Copyright Council
News and information about copyright, intellectual property
issues and law reform.
http://www.copyright.org.au
IP Australia Submitted by A.Beverley
The federal government's website for the Patents, Trade Marks and
Designs Offices. Full of very helpful information plus you can conduct
free online searches of trade marks, patents and designs. You can
also apply on line for these IP rights. Contact Gary Kichenside
from IP Australia in Canberra on 1 800 062 082.
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au
Invention and Inventors
Australian Technology Showcase Submitted by Steve Dewitt-Rowson
The Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) is an international campaign
to promote Queensland and Australia as a source of innovative, knowledge-intensive
industries. The ATS aims to expand business, increase exports of innovative
technologies and attract foreign and local capital for technology
development and commercialisation.
http://ats.business.gov.au
Corporation Builders
The website for equity capital and business opportunities.
Corporation Builders provides a 'one stop shop' for high growth
potetnial business seeking basic capital raising informaiton, links
and a downloadable seminar on capital raising. CB also runs seminars
and workshops as well as provides investment advice.
http://www.cbglobal.com
Department of State Development
The Department contributes to economic growth by fostering a positive
business environment for business and industry. It also supports
innovative enterprises, boosts the development of projects and works
to ensure that efficient infrastructure meets the changing needs
of industry to enhance Queensland‚s economic strength and competitiveness.
State Development is the central entry point for Queensland businesses
to access government services, providing extensive business information,
advice and support.
http://www.sd.qld.gov.au
enterpriseangles.com
This online investment faciliation service, headquartered in queensland,
is a joint venture of the Australian Stock Exchange and Corporation
Builders. For small to medium sized enterprises (SME), it is designed
to attract and facilitate equity investment for private companies
seeking up to A$1 million in early stage (seed and start-up capital.
http://www.enterpriseangels.com
Idea International
Idea International is an organization of innoventors for innoventors.
For more than five years we have been fine-tuning the structural
and methodological foundations necessary to assess and assist in
the commercialization of new ideas. What is Innovention? The new
millennium heralds a fresh beginning for this planet. Global co-operation,
the web and an explosion in technology demand dynamic thought processes
in order to succeed. The 21st century will be dominated by 'innovention',
a process that is a synergistic metamorphosis of technology, innovation,
invention and entrepreneurial creativity. Behind every successful
innovention there must be a great IDEA. IDEA can help innoventors
HELP THEMSELVES to succeed in new markets in a new century.
http://www.ideainternational.com.au
Ideas.com
Ideas.com was founded on the belief that ideas are the most
important assets in the New Economy. Ideas.com is bridging this
gap between individuals and companies. Anyone from any walk of life
can offer an idea - on any topic - to be purchased by companies
that can bring the idea to life.
http://www.idea.com
The Inventors Association of Australia in Queensland
We are a non-profit association dedicated to the education and guidance
of inventors. The Queensland IAA is staffed by professionally qualified
volunteers, most of them engineers and inventors themselves. IAAQ
are a meeting place and a reference resource for inventors and IP-professionals
to exchange strategies, views and contacts, and delivers useful
training for the neophyte inventor with professional information
at monthly presentations and lectures on a range of subjects.
http://www.magna.com.au/~iaaq
Queensland Food and Fibre Science and Innovation Council
The QFFSIC was established in 1999 to ensure that Department
of Primary Industries is well placed to advance and promote Queensland's
food and fibre nationally and internationally. QFFSIC is the Queensland
Government's principal source of advice relating to issues in DPI-led
research, development and extension in the food and fibre sector.
The Council seeks to maximise opportunities for the Government's investment
in food and fibre science and innovation to deliver an appropriate
mix of social, economic and environmental outcomes for Queensland.
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/ocs/2459.html
Triton Foundation
The Triton Foundation has been established by the founder of
Triton, George Lewin as a not-for-profit organisation to help Australian
inventors commercialise their innovative products or processes.
It will recruit, screen and mentor innovators from widely differing
backgrounds - backyard inventors, design engineers working in innovative
small to medium-sized enterprises, through to scientific, medical
or IT researchers.
http://www.triton-foundation.org
Land Rights
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
ANTar is a national network supporting the rights of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
http://www.antar.org.au
Hawaiian Self-determination
In this paper, Professor Haunani-Kay Trask from the Department
of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawai'i
discusses the need for cultural, economic and political self-determination
for Hawaiian people. She states, "to Hawaiians, daily life
is neither soft nor kind. In fact, the political, economic and cultural
reality for most Hawaiians is hard, ugly, and cruel."
http://www.abc.net.au/global/culture/culture_trask.htm
Libraries
The African Digital Library Project
The African Digital Library project. is an online library containing
almost 8000 full-text eBooks. The eBooks are available free of charge
to any *resident* of Africa. The library is currently able to serve
users in all African countries although additional funding would
help to increase the number of available eBooks for learners to
access.
http://AfricaEducation.org/adl/
State Library of Queensland
The State Library of Queensland advances the cultural, social and
economic development of Queensland by providing world class library
and information services throughout the state, and to accept responsibility
for providing global access to Queensland's documentary heritage.
The SLQ's services and collections occupy several buildings in Brisbane
and Cairns. The SLQ State Reference Centre is participating in Ideas
Online and the Ideas Bazaar, answering you questions online and
at their booth with Whose Idea Was That?
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au
Media
Crikey!
Online since March 2000, Crikey! was established by Stephen Mayne.
Fed up with the mainstream media, a failure as a political candidate,
he started his own web-publishing business. "Crikey will point
out theft, corruption, deception and collusion whenever and where
it can. It is our self appointed task to take a long thin spike
to the bloated egos of political and corporate Australia and to
take clear black and white snap shots of the men and women who have
their fingers in the till or who simply get paid too much for doing
shoddy work."
http://www.crikey.com.au
The Big Issue
The Big Issue is a news and current affairs magazine written
by professional journalists and sold on the streets by homeless
people. This site includes links to international and regional vendors
and offices.
http://www.bigissue.co.uk/
FAIR - Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
FAIR, the American media watch group, has been offering well-documented
criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate
the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press
and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest,
minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization,
we expose important news stories that are neglected and defend working
journalists when they are muzzled.
http://www.fair.org/
The Hoot
The Hoot is a portal for media-related inquiry in the South Asian
region devoted to media practice, right to information, and issues
of media ethics.
http://www.thehoot.org
MediaChannel
MediaChannel.org is a nonprofit, public interest Web site dedicated
to global media issues. MediaChannel offers news, reports and commentary
from our international network of media-issues organizations and
publications, as well as original features from contributors and
staff. MediaChannel is concerned with the political, cultural and
social impacts of the media, large and small. MediaChannel exists
to provide information and diverse perspectives and inspire debate,
collaboration, action and citizen engagement.
http://www.mediachannel.org
Media Tenor South Africa - Institute for Media Analysis
Media Tenor seeks qualitative and quantitative improvements of media
image with the help of media analysis; issue Management and alert
systems; webpage content benchmarking; and political and economical
media research
http://www.mediatenor.co.za/
Online Opinion
On Line Opinion is a not-for-profit e-journal that aims to
provide a forum for public social and political debate about current
Australian issues. Each month articles intended to stimulate a public
discourse on a range of topics are published _ these articles are
gathered from a variety of independent sources and are published
in the belief that ideas are the essence of progress and that issues
and opinions should be addressed, not suppressed.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au
The Paper
The Paper aims to be a forum for critical thought, where content
and presentation of ideas remain unaffected by corporate and governmental
influence.
http://www.thepaper.org.au/
ParMA
Network of Partners involved in African Media. Exchanging reflections
and information to support African media.
http://www.gret.org/mediapartner/en
Social Change Australia
The website of Social Change Media and Social Change Online,
progressive social marketing and communications company.
http://www.socialchange.net.au
Your ABC
Website of the national public broadcaster, ABC. Lots of online
activities including sections for Indigenous, Science, Arts, Kids,
Rural, News and more.
http://www.abc.net.au
Museums
Discovernet
AMOL's (Australian Museums Online) new education gateway. Discovernet
provides a quick and easy way to search and link to web-based education
resources produced by Australian museums and galleries, for students,
educators and life-long learners. You will find a tool to search
across the vast array of web-based education resources developed
by Australian museums and galleries. Australian tales contains fascinating
stories about Australian people and places. There's a directory
of over 1200 Australian cultural institutions, museums, galleries,
libraries, archives, botanical gardens and zoos. You can make your
own exhibition with an interactive educational game that allows
students to take on the role of curator and build their own virtual
exhibition.
http://amol.org.au/discovernet/
Queensland Museum
The Queensland Museum provides a link between our past and
our future, bringing to life different times, places and people.
From Aborigines to butterflies, from boomerangs to biplanes, the
Queensland Museum is a world of discovery. We hope you enjoy your
virtual visit. Next time you're in South Brisbane, please drop in
and discover the many marvels of Queensland's amazing Museum. The
Queensland Museum also has six campuses across the state.
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au
Queensland Sciencentre
The Queensland Sciencentre is Queensland's largest hands-on
science centre. It is a self-funding branch of the Queensland Museum.
The Sciencentre provides quality interactive science and technology
programs promoting community understanding of the relationship between
science and everyday experiences.
http://www.sciencentre.qld.gov.au
The Tech Museum
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California is a hands-on
technology museum devoted to inspiring the innovator in everyone.
Have a look at the online exhibitions about space exploration, 2001:
destination space.
http://www.thetech.org
Oration
History Channel - Speech Archives
This site provides sound clips of famous speeches made throughout
history. The speeches are organised under alphabetical groupings,
and each entry includes background information on the speechmaker
and the situation which existed at the time of the speech being
made. It is also possible to browse the speeches under broad subject
headings.
http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive1.html
Speech Synthesis Submitted by J.Young, 1 August 2001
If your computer is equipped with sound, then visit the latest iteration
of the AT&T Bell Labs TTS project, text-to-speech synthesis.
It is claimed that any voice can be replicated. Can it?
http://www.research.att.com/~mjm/cgi-bin/ttsdemo
Paranormal
Jame Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization founded in 1996. Its aim is to promote critical thinking
by reaching out to the public and media with reliable information
about paranormal and supernatural ideas so widespread in our society
today.
http://www.randi.org
Peace
Timotca
A non-profit, educational and charitable Corporation founded in
1980 to foster peace and understanding through the arts. To date
it spans over 60 countries - representing a broad spectrum of cultural,
political and philosophical diversity. "Transcending politics,
TIMOTCA's goal is to create a global cultural center presenting
the rich and diverse cultures of everyone on earth, offering a permanent
festival for artists, sculptors, musicians, dancers, photographers,
filmmakers and artisans from every corner of the globe."
http://www.timotca.org/
Philosophy
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
An extensive list of online resources on philosophy compiled by
Peter Suber of the Philosophy Department at Earlham College (Indiana).
Journals, bibliographies, mailing lists, biographies and a large
selection of electronic texts have been rated by Peter Suber. The
site also provides access to Hippias and Noesis, two search engines
for philosophical research.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
Philanthropy
Philanthrophy Australia
Established in 1975, Philanthropy Australia Inc is a national membership
organization that represents grantmaking private, family and corporate
Trusts and Foundations. Its mission is to promote and protect the
interests of private, community and corporate giving in Australia.
In any year its members distribute funds to the community, principally
in the areas of education, the arts, welfare, health and medical
research.
http://www.philanthropy.org.au
Politics
Political Compass
Complete this anonymous survey to find out where your political
beliefs lie on the political spectrum. In this complex world, allegiances
like 'right' and 'left' don't seem to hold water. After you've responded
to a series of propositions during the next 3-5 minutes, all will
be explained. In each instance, you're asked to choose the response
that best describes your feeling: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree
or Strongly Agree. At the end of the questionnaire, you'll be given
the compass, with your own special position on it.
http://www.politicalcompass.org
Primary Industries
Department of Primary Industries
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries focuses on growing
food and fibre industries, community and business networks. Providing
services and research for the state's primary producers, the DPI
also includes the Office of the Chief Scientist which advises on
policy, processes and development. The DPI presents their display
about 'bio-mimicry' at the Ideas Bazaar.
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/
Recycling
Reverse Garbage
Reverse Garbage is a non-profit co-operative that collects a wide
variety of industrial discards for creative re-use by the community.
Using a process of 'arbitrage', Reverse Garbage take materials which
people have deemed to have no value, change the context and create
value - TRASH to TREASURE! A visit to the Reverse Garbage warehouse
provides heaps of great ideas for artists, schools, kids and just
about anyone
http://www.reversegarbage.com.au
Research
Annals of Improbable Research
The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) is a humor magazine
of science, medicine, and technology.
http://www.improb.com
Association of Internet Researchers
The Association of Internet Researchers is an international academic
association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary
field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network
promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from
traditional disciplines and existing cross academic borders.
http://www.aoir.org
KooriNet
Under the auspices of KooriNet, the Koori Centre at the University
of Sydney has developed several resources. The Indigenous Australian
WWW Resource Directory maintains a register of current WWW sites
by, for or about Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
people. The Indigenous Australian search engine, BlackTracka can
also be accessed here.
http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/
Science/s
Australian Academy of Science
The Academy seeks to promote science through a range of activities.
It has defined five major program areas. They are: recognition of
outstanding contributions to science; education and public awareness;
science policy; international relations; and science and industry.
http://www.science.org.au
Australian Skeptics
The Australian Skeptics is a group that investigates the paranormal
and pseudo-science from a scientific viewpoint.
http://www.skeptics.com.au
MindSET UK
MindSET is the British Council Australia's science team. Showcasing
UK 'SET' - Science, Engineering and Technology, MindSET communicates
UK creativity in science to young Australians. Also, MindSET fosters
partnerships between Australia and the UK by creating opportunities
for young scientists in the two countries to share ideas and interact.
MindSET is committed to raising and discussing issues related to
science and society. "We believe science poses as many questions
as it answers!"
http://www.mindsetUK.com
National Science Week 2001
National Science Week is a celebration of Australian science
and technology.
http://scienceweek.info.au
Young Scientists Association
YSA is a group of young adults who share a deep interest in science.
YSA encompasses all aspects of life, intellectual, social, emotional.
With approximately 200 members in the Brisbane chapter alone, YSA
is growing into a dynamic and respected entity that is becoming
more and more known within the scientific community. Membership
is open for anyone from Year Nine to those who are twenty five years
of age.
http://www.ysa.org.au/brisbane/-
Society, Social Change and Social Justice
Infoxchange Queensland
Technology for social justice. Queensland portal of Infoxchange
featuring social justice news, calendar and service directory.
http://qld.infoxchange.net.au/
Queensland Council of Social Services
QCOSS promotes social justice in our society.
http://www.qcoss.org.au
Youth Suicide Prevention Submitted by Anne Boscutti
In July 2001, a Victorian Network of Mental Health Promotion Officers,
launched a resource manual for workers with young people who are
marginalised in our community. The manual has been funded through
the Commonwealth Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy and has been
developed from a health promotion perspective in consultation with
young people and key stakeholders from relevant organisations. The
website also includes information about the contact details and
work of mental health promotion officers who are members of the
network.
http://www.youthmentalhealth.org
Space Sciences and Astronomy
Aria-3 Project (aka SEM-11-106)
The Aria-3 project is a joint Australian/US K-12 education
project that will carry 22 selected experiments into space. The
focus is on the effects of space on Australian Flora and Fauna.
The general approach is a set of “fly and compare” experiments.
Schools in Australian will select local flora/fauna that meet the
long-duration storage requirement of the SEM program, prepare two
samples, keep one on the ground, and fly the second one in space.
Once the flight experiments are returned to earth, students will
compare the flight and earth samples to detect differences.
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/murrumba/inspace
Space Weather
Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
http://www.spaceweather.com
Technology
Bytes for All
Recently, Bytes for All recieved an 'Honorary Mention' at Net Excellence
category of Prix Ars Electronica Festival 2001. The project Bytes
for All, originally an initiative of two people from India and Bangladesh,
was established to close the knowledge gap in Southern Asia and
to work toward increasing the availability of information technology.
Several activities included in this project are: organizing campaigns
for price reduction of software, for developing software for children
in rural areas of South Asia, and for the use of freely available
systems such as Linux.
http://www.bytesforall.org
Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software - equal chances for people and economy. FSF Europe
is an organization dedicated to Free Software activities in Europe.
As the official sibling organization of the Free Software Foundation
in the United States, it officially began activities on March 10,
2001. The main purpose of the FSF Europe is to coordinate Free Software
initiatives throughout Europe, to provide a Free Software competence-center
for politicians and journalists and to provide infrastructure for
Free Software projects.
http://fsfeurope.org
NetCorps
NetCorps: Wired for Development. NetCorps is about helping progressive,
grassroots nonprofits develop the tools and power to change the
world as well as providing training and inspiring college students
to go out and make a difference in their communities. Providing
technology assessment, planning, web and database development, and
training, NetCorps is a group of passionate individuals dedicated
to environmental and social change; working to put technology to
it's greatest good.
http://www.netcorps.org
Smart Communities Initiative Submitted by G.Singh
A 3-year federal programme to help Canada become a world leader
in the development and use of information and communication technologies
(ICTs) for economic, social and cultural development. Selected through
a nationwide competition, communities will be chosen for their visions
and strategies on how to achieve economic, social and cultural improvements
through the use of ICTs. The Tool Kit & Skills Development Programme
will build on the experiences of the Demonstration Projects by providing
on-line and in-person training, as well as educational and business
development tools.
http://smartcommunities.ic.gc.ca/index_e.asp
UNESCO Observatory
Provides an overview of international technology policy news and
activities; information on how to subscribe is on the UNESCO Observatory
on the Info Society Web site.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/observatory
United Nations report on new technologies and development
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released
its 2001 Human Development Report on "Making New Technologies
Work for Developing Countries". The aim of this list is to
announce updates to our website and forthcoming events hosted by
the Science, Technology and Innovation Program, a joint activity
of the Center for International Development at Harvard University
and the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Belfer
Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
A full copy of the report can be downloaded at:
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtech/
or http://www.undp.org/hdr2001/
World Computer Exchange
The World Computer Exchange provides disadvantaged youth with access
to computers and the Internet. Collecting working computers which
are discarded WCE places them with educational organisations in
Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The World Computer Exchange bridges
the global digital divide by promoting cultural understanding between
students from different countries and by facilitating the use of
technology in education. WCE works with in-country partners to craft
sustainable plans for the installation, connection, and maintenance
required to provide Internet access in participating schools, orphanages,
and learning centres.
http://www.WorldComputerExchange.org
Thinking
Dr Edward De Bono
Dr. Edward de Bono is widely regarded as the world’s leading
authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking and the
direct teaching of thinking as a skill.
http://www.debono.com
School of Thinking? Submitted by P.Gould
The School of Thinking is an independent business school. Known
as SOT and was founded in Manhattan in 1979. The SOT trains members
to think about their business - anyone, anywhere, anytime. SOT constantly
evolves ways to provide a resource for continuous daily training,
research and development in thinking and leadership for those who
are interested. Thinking is the skill of leading one's self. Leadership
is the skill of getting others to lead themselves. Like all skills
these can be learned and developed through continuous training.
Check out the free online courses.
http://www.thinkers.com
Volunteering
Volunteering Queensland
Volunteering Queensland is a peak body in Queensland for volunteering
believes that volunteering complements but is not a substitute for
paid work and is committed to raising the profile and esteem of
volunteering as a vital force within the community. As well, VQ
seeks the development of professional standards of service which
recognise the importance of effective management which supports
voluntary effort.
http://www.volqld.org.au
International Association of Volunteer Effort
The International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) was one
of the original proponents of the International Year of the Volunteers.
IAVE continues to encourage its members to create national committees
to give leadersh ip to celebration of the year. IAVE was created
in 1970 by a small group of women throughout the world who shared
a common vision of how volunteers can contribute to the solution
of human and social problems and to the development of bridges of
understanding among people of all nations. They recognized the importance
of international exchange of information, best practices and mutual
support as away of encouraging and strengthening volunteering worldwide.
http://www.iave.org
International Year of Volunteers
2001 is the International Year of Volunteers around the world by
declaration of the United Nations. Volunteer service is defined
as a non-profit, non-wage and non-career action that individuals
carry out for the well-being of their neighbours, community or society
at large. The premise underlying IYV 2001 is that voluntary service
is called for more than ever before to tackle areas of priority
concern in the social, economic, cultural, humanitarian and peace-building
fields and that more people are needed to offer their services as
volunteers.
http://www.iyv2001.org
Watchdogs
Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity - created in 1990 by a group of
concerned Americans - is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt educational
organization that is supported in part by your contributions. Fulfilling
the role of an honest broker of information, the Center for Public
Integrity exposes abuses of the public trust. Accordingly, the Center
has been called a "watchdog in the corridors of power"
by National Journal.
http://www.public-i.org
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