IndiaDemocracy: Gateway to Good Governance

http://www.IndiaDemocracy.com/


www.IndiaDemocracy.com, Hyderabad, India

Supplied note:
"Two years back on 10th December 2004, www.IndiaDemocracy.com was launched by the then Chief Minister Shri. N. Chandrababu Naidu in his office. Since then, we have come a long way in supporting online democracy and involving more and more citizens and elected officials with [our site ...] Reporting about 7,000 registered users and active participation and contribution from over 500 members in the form of feedbacks, suggestions, articles, discussions and debates in our Issues, Forums and Polls give us a sense of achievement and motivation to carry on further. - pb."

Self-description:
"Indiademocracy is a comprehensive pro-democracy non-profit portal. Provides an interactive communication platform for citizens to contact their elected representatives."

Site contents:
* Articles; * Issues (Government, Tax & Revenue, Criminal Justice, Women's Right, Energy, Immigration, Education, Tourism, Environment, Social Justice, Terrorism, International Relations, Foreign policy, Indian Policy); * Elected (Governers, Chief Ministers, MP Search, Ministry Search, Search in State); * Communicate; * Forums;
* Resources (National Symbols, About India, Rajya Sabha Links, Lok Sabha, State Links, Vice Presidents, Prime Minister List, Presidents List); * Support.

URL
http://www.IndiaDemocracy.com/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.IndiaDemocracy.com/

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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Online Guide

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NGO

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V. Useful

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The Gertrude Bell Project

http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/


The Robinson Library, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Self-description:
" [Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) has worked for] British Intelligence during the First World War, later, as a Political Officer, and then as Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner in Baghdad, she became a king-maker in the new state of Iraq, which she had helped to create. [...]
The Gertrude Bell papers consist of about 1,600 detailed and lively letters to her parents, of her 16 diaries, which she kept while she was travelling, and of c. 40 packets of miscellaneous items. There are also about 7000 photographs, taken by her c.1900-1918. Those of Middle Eastern archaeological sites are of great value because they record structures which have since been eroded or, in some cases, have disappeared altogether, while those of the desert tribes are of considerable anthropological and ethnographical interest. The letters and diaries, but not the miscellaneous material, were transcribed in automated form between 1982 and 1988, and a catalogue of the photographs was published in 1982, with a second edition in 1985.
The Gertrude Bell Project: The University of Newcastle upon Tyne Library has undertaken a 4 year project to check and complete the transcription of the manuscripts, to recatalogue and digitise the photographs, and to build a WWW for the finished archive."

Site contents:
* PHOTOS - Album A (Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, West Bank, Syria, Jordan, Israel, 1899-1900, Photos A001-A567); Album B (Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Syria, 1905, Photos B001-B250); Album C (Syria, Turkey, March 1905, Photos C001-C264); Album D (Turkey, 1905, Photos D001-D266); Album E (Italy, Yugoslavia, 1910, Photos E001-E187); Album F (Turkey, 1907, Photos F001-F267); Album G (Turkey, 1907, Photos G001-G262); Album H (Turkey, 1905-1907, Photos H001-H268); Album I (Turkey, 1907, Photos I001-I251); Album J (Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, 1909, Photos J001-J251); Album K (Iraq, 1909, Photos K001-K239); Album L (Iraq, 1909, Photos L001-L223); Album M (Iraq, Turkey, 1909, Photos M001-M256); Album N (Turkey, 1909, Photos N001-N220); Album O (Turkey, 1909, Photos O001-O254); Album P (Egypt, Syria, Iraq, 1911, Photos P001-P224); Album Q (Iraq, Iran, 1911, Photos Q001-Q236); Album R (Iraq, Turkey, 1911, Photos R001-R216); Album RTW Volume 1 Round The World (Egypt, India, 1902-1903, Photos RTW Vol 1 001-283); Album RTW Volume 2 Round The World (India, Pakistan, 1903, Photos RTW Vol 2 001a-261); Album RTW Volume 3 Round The World (India, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, 1903, Photos RTW Vol 3 001-250); Album RTW Volume 5 Round The World (Korea, Japan, Canada, 1903 Photos RTW Vol 5 001-211); Album S (Turkey, 1911, Photos S001-S213); Album T (Turkey, Syria, 1911, Photos T001-T216); Album U (Turkey, Syria, 1911, Photos U001-U043); Album V (Iraq, 1917-1918, Photos V001-V137); Album W (Iraq, 1916-1917, Photos W001-W190); Album X (Syria, Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Iraq, 1913-1914, Photos X001-X094); Album Y (Syria, Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Iraq, 1913- 1914, Photos Y001-Y614).
* DIARIES - Years: 1877, [1878 is forthcoming], 1879, [1880-1892 are forthcoming], 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, [1904 is forthcoming], 1905, [1906 is forthcoming], 1907, [1908 is forthcoming], 1909, [1910 is forthcoming], 1911, [1912 is forthcoming], 1913, 1914, [1915-1918 are forthcoming], 1919.
* LETTERS - Years: 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926.
* SEARCH THE ARCHIVE.

URL
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/

Link reported by:
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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents

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Ashoka: the eDharma University

http://www.ashokaedu.net/


www.ashokaedu.net, US

Supplied note:
"Ashoka has recently begun offering courses in Buddhism on the Web. We offer courses created by Ashoka in conjunction with our most respected teachers from a broad (and growing) range of Buddhist traditions. Ashoka is an ecumenical consortium of teachers and Dharma organizations utilizing our distance learning vehicle to reach students around the world. Ashoka is not a web portal [...] Ashoka is an interactive learning environment designed around authentic Buddhist practices, making transformative Dharma education available to students worldwide. [...] Utilizing text, audio, video and online discussion, Ashoka offers guidance on the paths of listening and learning, discussion and reflection, and insight. [...] Informed by their experience in this open, nonsectarian teaching environment, students can make educated choices when seeking a teacher and sangha. [...] Our initial consortium includes the Dalai Lama, Mingyur Rinpoche, Joan Halifax Roshi, Traleg Rinpoche, Sharon Salzberg, Andrew Olendzki, Lama Pema Wangdak, Robert Thurman, Michael Wenger, Daishin Buksbazen, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Mu Soeng, Fleet Maull, Peacemaker Institute, Bernie Glassman and Jeffrey Hopkins. [...] In addition to the teachings on interdependence and such wisdom teachings as the Four Noble Truths, the Paramitas and the Brahma-Viharas, Ashoka will offer training and teaching in such areas of applied engagement such as social justice, peacemaking, environmentalism, and caring for the sick and dying. - sc."

Site contents:
* About us; * Courses [NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE: "Liberating the Heart: The Brahma Viharas" - taught by Sharon Salzberg; "Taming the Mind: Cultivating Peaceful Abiding" - taught by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche; "The Koan of Everyday Life: Dogen-Zenji's Genjo Koan" - taught by Dairyu Micheal Wenger; "The Metta Sutta: the art of translation" - taught by Andrew Olendzki; "Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind" - taught by Professor Robert Thurman. FORTHCOMING: "Parting from the Four Attachments" - taught by Lama Pema Wangdak; "Rest Your Weary Mind: Letting Go of the Hindrances" - taught by Joseph Goldstein; "Zen Meditation" - taught by John Daishin Buksbazen; "Trust in Mind: The Hsin Shin Ming" - taught by Mu Seong; "Lojong: Training the Mind" - taught by Lama Pema Wangdak. PLANNED: Approx. 40 additional courses are currently planned. They will range from "The Four Noble Truths" to "Dharma Art" to "Being with Dying" to "American Koans." - ed.] * Bulletin Board; * Contact.

Note:
The site appears to provide courses for free. Students need to register online. Voluntary donations (US$15 - $35 sliding scale) are welcome. - ed.

URL
http://www.ashokaedu.net/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ashokaedu.net

Link reported by:
Stuart Carduner (scarduner@taconic.net)

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Corporate Info./Study

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Armenian History Workshop

http://rbedrosian.com/historyw.html


Robert G. Bedrosian, Long Branch, NJ, US

Site contents:
ARMENIAN HISTORICAL SOURCES OF THE 5-15TH CENTURIES - SELECTED WORKS
* 5th Century (P'awstos Buzandac'i's "History of the Armenians:, Ghazar P'arbec'i's "History of the Armenians"); * 7th Century (Anonymous "The Primary History of Armenia or History of the Ancestors", Sebeos' "History"); * 10th Century (John Mamikonean's "History of Taron"); * 11th Century (Aristakes Lastivertc'i's "History"); * 12-13th Century ("The Georgian Chronicle", Mkhitar Gosh's "Fables (belles lettres);", and Index to the "Fables"); * 13th Century (Kirakos Gandzakets'i's "History of the Armenians", Grigor Aknerts'i's "History of the Nation of Archers [Mongols]"); * 14th Century (Het'um the Historian's "History of the Tartars [The Flower of Histories of the East]"); * 15th Century (T'ovma Metsobets'i's "History of Tamerlane and His Successors").
SELECTED WRITINGS [by R. Bedrosian - ed.] * Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus in Ancient Mythologies (1993); * Soma among the Armenians (2000); * The Sparapetut'iwn in Armenia in the 4-5th Centuries (1983); * Dayeakut'iwn in Ancient Armenia (1984); * China and the Chinese according to 5-13th Century Classical Armenian Sources (1981); * The Turco-Mongol Invasions and the Lords of Armenia in the 13th-14th Centuries (1979).
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES
* Rulers of Armenia and of Western and Eastern Empires (Rulers of Armenia (to 1375), Western Empires: Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine (to 1453), Eastern Empires: Iranian, Arab, Saljuq, Mongol, Timurid, Ottoman (to 1481));
* Rulers of Iberia/Georgia (Rulers of Iberia/Georgia (to 1505)); * Kat'oghikoi and Corresponding Secular Rulers of the Armenians (Kat'oghikoi of Armenia (to 1515); Rulers of Armenia (1st through 14th Centuries)); * Hellenistic Dynasties (Dynasties of Egypt and Syria Ptolemies and Seleucids, Dynasties of Pontus, Bithynia, Cappadocia, and Commagene);
* Rulers of the Mongol Empires (Houses of Chingiz, Hulegu, Jochi, and Chaghatai).
[R. Bedrosian (B.A., History, Tufts University, 1971. M.A., History, Columbia University, 1976) holds a Ph.D from Columbia University for his 1979 dissertation "The Turco-Mongol Invasions and the Lords of Armenia in the 13-14th Centuries." He also holds Certificate in Data Processing, Control Data Institute, 1980. - ed.]

URL
http://rbedrosian.com/historyw.html

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/rbedrosian.com/historyw.html

Link reported by:
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Documents/Study

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