Union des Associations Internationales
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Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive.
They oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many online works.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8200624.stmSubmitted by joel on
Worldmapper
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters.
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Information is Beautiful - Ideas, issues, knowledge, data – visualized!
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/
from the blogger:
My passion is for visualising information – facts, data, ideas,
subjects, issues, statistics, questions – all with the minimum of words.
From: "ETA FOUNDATION - USA" mrwmraids@usa.com
To: mrwmraids@usa.com
Date sent: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:58:30 -0500
Subject: 7th International Training Workshop of NGO/CBO
Dear Sir/Madam
We hereby inform you that Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in partnership with American Trust Bank, the American Social Affairs, Allegheny Foundation, Brady Education Foundation and Rodney Fund organize 7th International Training Workshop of NGO/CBO which is scheduled from 5th to 10th October in California - USA.
Send reply to: invitation@unwcc-3.org
Date sent: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:21:57 +0100
Subject: United Nations World Climate Conference (WCC-3 2009).
From: United Nations unwcc4@unitednationccw.org
Dear Conference Invitee,
On behalf of the Organizing and Scientific Committee,the United Nations is pleased to invite you to participate at the 3rd World Climate Conference (WCC-3 2009).
Date sent: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:55:53 -0100
Subject: Special Invitation
From: Voice International
Special Invitation,
Dear Friend,
Subject: CONFERENCE /INVITATION
From: Sarah Johnson
Send reply to: sarah.usa.washington.dc@googlemail.com
Date sent: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:03:07 -0400
Date sent: Sun, 21 Jun 2009
From: Felicia kerry
Subject: INVITATION.
Dear Colleagues
My name is Felicia Kerry, female, working with WORLD YOUTH FOUNDATION California , U.S.A. We are organizing a youth conference on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and Child Labour which starts from on the 22nd to 24th July 2009 in California US and a follow up conference in Guinea-Bissau , from 29th- 31st July 2009.
Date sent: Sun, 21 Jun 2009
From: "Miss Cynthia Wilfrey."
Send reply to: "Miss Cynthia Wilfrey."
Subject: CONFERENCE INVITATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear friend,
I am Miss Cynthia Wilfrey, a member of (GLOBAL AID ORGANIZATION) Washington D.C U.S.A. it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in our global combined conferences taking place from 17th – 20th August 2009 at Washington D.C in the United States and in Dakar- Senegal Africa from 24th -27th August 2009.
