* tmc * in patientia vestra habetis animam vestram * tmc *

Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


22 March 2007

Economic and Ecological Restructuring of Land and Water Use in the Region Khorezm (Uzbekistan)

http://www.khorezm.uni-bonn.de/

4star
22 Mar 2007

Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany

Supplied note:
"This project is carried out by the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, since 1992 and is now entereing its Phase III 2007-2010 on 'Pilot farm, model fine tuning, Decision Support Tool (DST)'. The Project Objectives are (1) to develop concepts for landscape restructuring in Khorezm, an intensively used agricultural region in the Aral Sea basin. The concepts are to contribute to a more effective and ecologically sustainable land and water use; (2) to develop proposals for both legal-administrative and ecological restructuring measures using sustainable natural resource management concepts. At the same time, scientific collaboration based on a close partnership between Germany and Uzbekistan in the field of development research has been established and a joint research station has been established in Khorezm. Here, special attention is given to the training of young scientists. For further details please consult the project web site - hde."

Site contents:
* Project; * Team; * Publications (Work paper Series, Workshop and Congresses [2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006], Doctoral Theses, Master Theses; * Data and Images (Meta Data Base, Maps, Images); * News, * Internal.

URL http://www.khorezm.uni-bonn.de/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.khorezm.uni-bonn.de/

Link reported by:
Hans-Dieter Evers (hdevers--at--uni-bonn.de)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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17 March 2007

Korean History: A Bibliography

http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/bibliography/biblio.htm

5star
17 Mar 2007

The Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI, US

Self-description:
"This bibliography [compiled by Kenneth R. Robinson - ed.] covers many features of Korean history. The subjects include not only political, diplomatic, and economic history, but also historical linguistics, art history, literature, philosophy and religion, and overseas Koreans, for example. Chronologically, coverage concludes in the 1960s. For studies of South Korea's politics and economy, 1961 is the stopping point; for South Korean foreign relations, coverage continues through the 1965 treaty with Japan and the Vietnam War. Coverage of North Korea continues into the late 1960s."

Site contents;
1. General (a. Bibliographies, b. General Studies, c. Sources, d. Historiography); 2. Archaeology; 3. Ko-Choson; 4. Three Kingdoms (a. General, b. Koguryo, c. Paekche, d. Shilla/Unified Shilla); 5. Ancient Korean-Japanese Relations; 6. Parhae; 7. Koryo (a. Domestic Affairs, b. Foreign Relations, c. Shinan Shipwreck, d. Mongols and Korea); 8. Choson (a. Central Government, b. Social Structure, c. Family Structure, d. Land System, e. Economy, f. Relations with China, g. Relations with Japan, h. Relations with the Jurchen/Manchus, i. Relations with Ryukyu/Southeast Asia, j. Relations with the West and the Middle East); 9. Late Nineteenth-Century - 1945 (a. Relations with Japan and China, b. Reform Movements, c. Tonghak and Chondogyo, d. Intellectual/Nationalism, e. The March First Movement, f. Economy); 10. Relations with the United States and European Nations through 1945 (a. United States, b. Great Britain/France, c. Russia/Soviet Union and Eastern Europe); 11. Korean Communities Abroad (a. Asia, b. North America and the Pacific); 12. Post-Liberation (a. Domestic Affairs, b. International Relations, c. Military, d. Opposition Politics, e. Economy); 13. Post-Liberation Relations with Japan; 14. North Korea; 15. The Korean War; 16. Religion and Philosophy (a. General, b. Shamanism, c. Buddhism, d. Taoism, e. Confucianism, f. Shilhak, g. Christianity); 17. Law; 18. Women; 19. Demography; 20. Education; 21. Journalism; 22. Scientific Matters (a. Climate, b. Science, c. Astronomy, d. Medicine, e. Printing, f. Geography and Cartography); 23. Literature; 24. Arts (a. General and Assorted, b. Painting, c. Ceramics, d. Sculpture, e. Architecture, f. Collections); 25. Music; 26. Linguistics (a. Historical Linguistics, b. Writing Systems); 27. Martial Arts and Sports; 28. Korean Studies (a. General, b. North America, c. Europe, d. Asia); 29. Updates.

URL http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/bibliography/biblio.htm

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/bibliography/biblio.htm

Link reported by:
Geoff Wade (arigpw--at--nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resources [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000

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Virtual Kyoto Web Site

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/cg/lt/geo/coe/index.html

4star
17 Mar 2007

Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

Supplied note:
"Teachers in Japanese studies will be interested to learn of a new, very sophisticated web-based project, Virtual Kyoto, that has just opened to the public. It features a variety of material covering the history, culture and present of the city from its founding as Heiankyo in the eighth century. The web site has recently opened to the public and is now accessible at the [URL below]

The project presents reconstructions of ancient Kyoto, Muromachi-era Kyoto, Tokugawa Kyoto, and the nineteenth and twentieth century city as it was transformed into the city we know today. When fully opened the site will contain digital maps, reconstructions of the Shijo-Kawaramachi area over time, reconstructions of the Gion Festival, the Minamiza Theater, three-dimensional terrain models, and Kyoto ukiyoe data as well as a broad array of photographs.

A very richly illustrated, bi-lingual book - Japanese, with extensive English summaries - explains both the project's development and its content in considerable detail: Yano Keiji, Nakaya Tomoki and Isoda Yuzuru, eds., _Baacharu Kyoto: Kako, genzai, mirai e no tabi_ (_Virtual Kyoto: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Kyoto_), Kyoto: Nakanishiya Shuppan, 2007, 2600 yen + tax (for English language orders use ISBN number 4779501008 on the English version of Amazon.co.jp and the title is listed in Japanese on Amazon.co.jp for credit card orders; please contact order--at--nakanishiya.co.jp to order directly by credit card from the publisher)

At present the site is available largely in Japanese, but it does have some English language support and it is possible to navigate many parts of the site without knowing Japanese. Even where users may not have Japanese language skills, since this is overwhelmingly a visual experience exploring the site can be very rewarding. The project is the product of the efforts of geographers, historians, archaeologists, art historians and other specialists and is the product of a multi-year Center of Excellence grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and is the collaborative effort of scholars at Ritsumeikan University. - pb."

URL http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/cg/lt/geo/coe/index.html

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/cg/lt/geo/coe/index.html

Link reported by:
Philip Brown (brown.113--at--osu.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resources [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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16 March 2007

Arab Media & Society e-journal

http://www.arabmediasociety.org

4star
16 Mar 2007

Adham Center for Electronic Journalism, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.

Supplied note:
"The Center for Electronic Journalism at the American University in Cairo and the Centre for Middle East Studies, St. Antony's College, Oxford, are pleased to announce the launch of their new electronic journal Arab Media & Society at [the URL below] The online publication is the successor to the highly-regarded Transnational Broadcasting Studies (www.tbsjournal.com), which has been covering satellite broadcasting in the Middle East and broader Muslim world for the past decade. The move is recognition of the changing nature of the Arab media and social landscape. 'When TBS Journal was founded two years after the launch of Al Jazeera, satellite TV was the story. Newspapers were moribund. Internet penetration was negligible. Media deregulation was an alien concept,' publisher and co-editor Lawrence Pintak writes in the first issue. 'The impact of the pan-Arab satellite revolution is today felt at every level of Arab society - and in every form of media.' The journal will publish quarterly with frequent updates of timely articles from scholars, researchers and journalists. 'The Arab media scene and Arab society as a whole are changing rapidly. The shift from a combination of print and online to a pure online approach means we are able to offer thoughtful insights into developments as they occur, produce more frequent thematic issues, and include a mix of interactive features,' Pintak says in his column.

For example, the first issue includes: * A package of six stories on blogging in the Arab world, led by an article from Marc Lynch of Williams College, accompanied by an interview with two Egyptian bloggers in a streaming audio format. * A set of articles on last summer's Lebanon war, including a piece on women war correspondents by Magda Abu-Fadil and an article by Paul Cochrane on how Hizbullah's al-Manar managed to stay on the air * Print interviews with the head of the BBC's new Arabic news channel and a Tunisian online magazine editor, along with an audio interview with Daoud Kuttab, who is pioneering community radio in the Arab world * A piece on the fate of US government broadcasting by former official of VOA Alan Heil, Jr. * Interactive book reviews that invite reader comment and debate * And much more - lp."

Site contents:
BY TOPIC: * Arab Journalism; * Blogging; * Book Reviews; * Censorship & the State; * Comedy; * Conference Reports; * Consumption Studies; * History of Media; * Interviews; * Journalism Education; * Media & Conflict; * Media & IT Economics; * Media & Politics; * Media & Religion; * Media Ethnography; * Musalsals; * Muslim World Media; * Online Journalism; * Public Diplomacy; * Reality TV; * Video Clips; * Visual Culture; * Women in Media; * Youth Culture; BY COUNTRY: * Arab World; * Egypt; * Iraq; * Jordan; * Lebanon; * Muslim World; * North Africa; * Palestine/Israel; * Saudi Arabia; * Syria; * The Gulf; * World Affairs; THE JOURNAL: * About the Journal; * Call for Papers; * Write for us; * Send an Image; * Contact us

URL http://www.arabmediasociety.org

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]

Link suggested by: Lawrence Pintak (lpintak--at--aucegypt.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News/Comments
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resources [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

15 March 2007

Asia Pacific MediaEducator (APME) e-journal

http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/sjcw/APME/APME.html

4star
15 Mar 2007

University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

Self-description:
"AsiaPacific MediaEducator (APME) is a refereed journal published annually by the School of Journalism and Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. The first issue was published in [Sep.] 1996. APME aims to generate dialogue among media educators, researchers and practitioners by publishing their informed analysis of media production and texts, and innovations in media education and training. It will consider for publication original articles based on applied research which generates critical questions and examines research issues through comparative frameworks. Papers should aim to challenge the conventions in journalism education and training, and provide practical ideas on improving the standard and currency of media reportage and media training. APME welcomes articles on academic and non-academic topics. APME is cited in the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts www.csa.com; APAIS; ERIC database; and The Iowa Guide: Scholarly Journals in Mass Communication and Related Fields."

Supplied note:
"Back issues until Issue No.15 (Dec.2004) can be downloaded from: [the journal's URL]. Subscriber issues are now available from the electronic library gateway Informit at: www.informit.com.au - el."

URL http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/sjcw/APME/APME.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/sjcw/APME/APME.html

Link suggested by: Eric Loo (eloo--at--uow.edu.au)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resources [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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Three Classical Chinese Readers - edited and annotated by Don Wagner


5star
15 Mar 2007

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark

Site contents:
(1) A Classical Chinese reader: The Han shu biography of Huo Guang, with notes and glosses for students. Richmond, Sussex: Curzon Press, 1998. 208 pp. Web sampler.
http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/TB/TB.html

(2) A Mencius reader: For beginning and advanced students of Classical Chinese. Copenhagen: NIAS Press (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies), 2004. 160 pp. [This textbook contains material for students of Classical Chinese at three different levels: * The first chapter of Mencius, reproduced from a modern punctuated edition, with very detailed notes and glosses intended for students in their second semester of Classical Chinese. * The same chapter, reproduced from a Song wood-block edition, which beginning students who are more ambitious may wish to use instead of the punctuated edition. * Notes and glosses on the Eastern Han commentary of Zhao Qi (included in the Song edition), intended for more advanced students. E-book version.
http://www.niaspress.dk/press_news/Dons_book/Menciusdwnld.html

(3) A Classical Chinese Reader: The 'Memoir on the Eastern Barbarians' in Hou Han shu, with notes and glosses for students of Chinese and Korean. Draft, 14 March 2007. (7.3 Mbytes)
http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/HHS/HHS.pdf

URL [The three web addresses are listed above]

Link reported by: Donald B. Wagner (dwag--at--alum.mit.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resources [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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08 March 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue March 5, 2007

http://japanfocus.org

5star
07 Mar 2007

japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US

Supplied note:
"The following articles were posted on March 5, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* Alexis Dudden and Kozo MIZOGUCHI, Abe's Violent Denial: Japan's Prime Minister and the 'Comfort Women'
* William Underwood and Kang Jiang, Japan's Top Court Poised to Kill Lawsuits by Chinese War Victims
* Christian Caryl and Akiko KASHIWAGI, The Good Son Falters: Japan's Abe Regime in Decline
* Hisane MASAKI, The Great Japan-Mongolia Love Affair: What price the UN Security Council Seat?
* Denys Lombard, Another "Mediterranean" in Southeast Asia
* Christopher P. Hood, Bullets and Trains: Exporting Japan's Shinkansen to China and Taiwan
* Brenda Peterson, The Whale and the Cherry Blossom Festival
* Susan Orlean, Robert Lang and the Global Reach of Origami
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - ms."

Site contents:
* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION

[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]

URL http://japanfocus.org

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org

Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 4,910]

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07 March 2007

"Chinese Science" Journal - Online

http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/sinologie/eastm/index.html

5star
07 Mar 2007

Seminar fuer Sinologie und Koreanistik, Abteilung Sinologie, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.

Supplied note: "Issues 1 to 11 of the 'Chinese Science' [ISSN #0361-9001 - ed.] are now available for free download at [the URL below] - vk."

Site contents:
"Issues 1-10 were edited by Nathan Sivin at the University of Pennsylvania. Beginning with issue 11 Chinese Science has been published at UCLA under the editorship of Benjamin Elman. Number 1 (1975) [download pdf]; Number 2 (1977) [download pdf]; Number 3 (1978) [download pdf]; Number 4 (1980) [download pdf]; Number 5 (1982) [download pdf]; Number 6 (1983) [download pdf]; Number 7 (1986) [download pdf]; Number 8 (1987) [download pdf]; Number 9 (1989) [download pdf]; Number 10 (1991) [download pdf]; Number 11 (1993-94) [download pdf]; Number 12 (1995) [toc]; Number 13 (1996) [toc]; Number 14 (1997) [toc]; Number 15 (1998) [toc]."

URL http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/sinologie/eastm/index.html

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/sinologie/eastm/index.html

Link reported by:
Valerie Keppel (eastm--at--uni-tuebingen.de), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 100

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CLIWOC: A climatological database for the world's oceans 1750-1854

http://www.knmi.nl/cliwoc/index.htm

5star
06 Mar 2007

KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), De Bilt, Netherlands

A public-access database of georeferenced positions and meteorological data collected from over 280,000 historical observations in the logbooks of Spanish, Dutch and English sailing ships engaged in trade, war, and exploration voyages across the Pacific, Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean during from 1750 till 1854.

Site contents:
* CLIWOC project history;
* Metadata - CLIWOC Dutch individual ships position plots (Pre-1750 Ships: Africa (1677), Freden (1748-1749), Maarseveen (1662-1663), Wesel (1699), [...] 1750-1799 Ships: Admiraal de Ruyter, Africaensche Galey, Agatha, Akerendam, [...] 1800-1854 Ships: Abel Tasman, Adder, Admiraal Evertsen, Admiraal Jan Evertsen, [...]);
* Metadata - CLIWOC English individual ships position plots (Ships: Acasta Active(1), Active(2), Active(3), Adamant, Admiral Pocock, [...] Worcester, Yarmouth, York, Yorke);
* Metadata - CLIWOC Spanish individual ships position plots (Ships: Activo, El, Aguila, El, Aigle, Le, Aimable Marie Anne, L', Ambition, L', Amphitrite, L', Ana, Santa, [...], Vicente, San, Vicomte de Choiseuil, Le, Viviana, Zephir, Le)
* Metadata - CLIWOC ship positions maps and graphs (1750-1759, 1760-1769, 1770-1779, 1780-1789, 1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1850, 1750-1850 (b/w), 1750-1850 (colour));
* CLIWOC Meteorological data 1662-1855 (Wind observations - [for all 12 month of the year], Air Temperature (C) per 5x5 degrees [for all 12 month of the year & for the whole period];
* CLIWOC database: Release 1.1 (23 January 2004) and Release 1.5 (15 April 2004) [freely downloadable zipped file CLIWOC15.zip, 12.7 MB, Complete version in IMMA-format, period covers 1662-1855; contains 280,280 records, compatible with MS-DOS environment (each record ends with the combination CR/LF). Also available: Complete Database in Microsoft Access 2000 and Complete Database in Microsoft Access 97. - ed.];
* CLIWOC Publications/Literature/Media;
* Links (CLIWOC related links, VOC and EIC links: VOC Kennis Centrum, VOC-links, VOC-Glossarium, Bataviawerf (Batavia Yard), Tanap, VOC Site, De VOC. Scheepvaart tussen Nederland en Azie (1595-1795), Other links);

URL http://www.knmi.nl/cliwoc/index.htm

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.knmi.nl/cliwoc/index.htm

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000

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06 March 2007

Photos of Tibet in the early 1940's

http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/TibetanPhotos/Snaps.html

4star
06 Mar 2007

Art History, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, US

Self-description:
"These photos were taken in Tibet by members of the Tolstoy expedition of 1942-43. Two U.S. Army officers, Lt. Col. Ilya Tolstoy and Capt. Brooke Dolan were sent to Tibet from India to explore the possibility of getting military supplies to Chiang Kai-shek's Republican Chinese government, via Tibet. [...] A number of [... these photographs] were featured in a book by Rosemary Jones Tung, A Portrait of Lost Tibet: Photographs by Ilya Tolstoy and Brook Dolan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980), a few were reproduced in Tibet: The Sacred Realm: Photographs 1880 - 1950 (Aperture Books, 1983), in a National Geographic [August, 1946 - ed.] magazine article and a few other places here and there. Many of them are still unidentified. [... Alltogether there ... ] are some [230] amazingly beautiful photographs [... that have been scanned] so far. Some have considerable historical interest, particularly in the light of the transformation of Tibet over the past 50 years."

Site contents:
B&W PHOTOGRAPHS: * The Americans (The Expedition Scenes of Travel, Camping, Tolstoy and Dolan); * Tibetan Art (Painters and Carvers, Mural paintings, Sculpture, Chortens (stupas), Temples and other architecture, The Potala, Gyantse, Yemar, Textiles: Carpets and Cloth); * Tibetan Religion (The Ch'am/Masked Dance Festival, Monks and Monastic Life, The Regents Procession, The Potala, Gyantse, Other monastic sites, Pilgrims and Prostration); * Tibetan Society (Nomadic Pasturalists, Ordinary Tibetans, Pilgrims and Prostration, The Tibetan "Army", Urban Scenes, The Wealthy and Aristocrats); * The Chinese (The Chinese Army, On the Road to Gansu, Scenes of Western China); * Miscellany (A Postcard from Heinrich Harrer);
THE TOLSTOY-DOLAN EXPEDITION (Bibliography, Background Notes).

[A 1999 web site by Dr Rob Linrothe, Associate Professor and Director of Art History at Skidmore College. In addition to the Tibet Photographs site he also published the following web pages: * Karsha's Chuchikjyal Temple, Zangskar, 1996 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Karsha/Chuchikjyal.html) * Tibetan Art at Skidmore, 1998 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/TibetArtDisplay/Display.html) * Monks and monasteries in Amdo, 1998 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Qinghai/TongrenSi.html) * Petroglyphs near Karsha, in Zangskar, 1998 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Petroglyphs/RockArt.html) * QuickTime video of Ladakh and Mangyu chorten, 1994. (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Mangyu/Webpage.html) - ed.]

URL http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/TibetanPhotos/Snaps.html

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/TibetanPhotos/Snaps.html

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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05 March 2007

GlobalIncidentMap.com: A Global Display of Terrorism and Other Suspicious Events

http://www.globalincidentmap.com/

4star
05 Mar 2007

GlobalIncidentMap.com: A Global Display of Terrorism and Other Suspicious Events

www.globalincidentmap.com, Scottsdale, AZ, US

Self-description:
"This page automatically reloads every 420 seconds. [...] About GlobalIncidentMap.com This free public service website was created [in Oct 2006] to give the public, law enforcement, military, and government individuals a new way to visualize, and become instantly aware of terrorism and security incidents across the world. While this website employs much automation, the news gathering itself is not automated - news items are located, reviewed, and manually entered into the database. [...] The map was designed and concieved [sic- ed.] by the publisher of www.TerroristWarning.com , Morgan Clements - with inspiration garnered from the RSOE Havaria Information Service AlertMap, the federal map systems used by FEMA, and other types of incident maps. [...] GlobalIncidentMap.com and its publishers do NOT receive any funding from any foreign or domestic government entities, nor any special interest, religious, or political groups.

Frequently Asked Questions: [...] [Q:] How Accurate is the Map Data? [A:] We make no guarantees as to the accuracy or validity of any news items we link to [...]
[Q:] Is the information on this map open source? [A:] We consider every incident and event on this map to be OSINT ( open source ), consequently this map is open to the public as well as all law enforcement, government, and military users. As a general rule we will not post non-osint material at this location.
[Q"] Is every incident on this map connected to terrorism? [A:] We don't know - we include any incident or event that we think may have a connection to terrorism, which includes things like bomb or anthraxÊhoaxes - because we feel that not only can we learn from hoaxes but because we believe a small number of them may be 'dry runs'. We may also include links to items which are of significant concern, such as a major disease outbreak, even if we feel it has no connection to terrorism. We include known terrorist acts, suspected terrorist acts, other events which we deem suspicious or otherwise potentially threatening to the public, including non-terror incidents such as accidental chemical plant explosions. We include items WE think are suspicious, you may feel differently, we suggest reviewing each item individually and arriving at your own conclusion."

Site contents:
* [a scalable satellite] Map of the world; * Announcements, Alerts, Breaking News; * 25 Newest Events; * Show Current Event Types (Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, Last 30 Days, Last 60 Days, Last 12 Months, ALL); * Search (Select a Type [Airport/Aviation Incidents, Arson/Fire Incident, Assassination/ Assassination Attempt, Biological Incidents/ Threats/ Anthrax Hoaxes etc, Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices, Bridge / Tunnel Incidents and Security, Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents, Chemical Attack, Chemical Incident, Dam Incident, General Non-Specific Terrorism News, Other Suspicious Activity, Radiation Incidents/ Smuggling/ Proliferation, Railways/Train Stations, Shipping/Maritime/Ports/Cargo/Waterways Security, Shootings / Sniper Incidents/ Etc, Terrorist Arrests/Captured/Killed Locations] Select Date/Time, Select the Country, Select the City); * Instructions; * About Us; * FAQ; * Contact Us; * Links of Interest; * Announcements;

Excerpts:
CHINA Incidents (Oct 2006-early Mar 2007):

TYPE - DATE/TIME - COUNTRY - CITY [WHERE THE NEWS WERE PUBLISHED] - DETAILS & MAP OF THE PLACE OF THE INCIDENT.
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2006-10-30 00:00:00 CN Beijing CHINA - Man arrested for throwing explosives at police
* Chemical Incident 2006-11-01 00:00:00 CN Beijing CHINA - One dead, 20,000 evacuated in China after ammonia leak
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2006-12-15 00:00:00 CN Beijing CHINA - Bomb explodes in hospital in Xinjiang
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-04 00:00:00 CN Beijing CHINA - Roadside explosion kills two boys in southern China
* Terrorist Arrests/Captured/Killed Locations 2007-01-08 00:00:00 CN Beijing CHINA - China anti-terror raid kills 18
* Airport/Aviation Incidents 2007-01-14 00:00:00 CN Chengdu CHINA - Man carrying gun detained before going aboard plane in SW China

BANGLADESH Incidents (Oct 2006-early Mar 2007):

TYPE - DATE/TIME - COUNTRY - CITY [WHERE THE NEWS WERE PUBLISHED] - DETAILS & MAP OF THE PLACE OF THE INCIDENT.
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2006-10-27 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Six dead in Bangladesh protests [Bombs - shots]
* General Non-Specific Terrorism News 2006-11-11 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Bangladesh on alert as opposition deadline nears
* Shipping/Maritime/Ports/Cargo/Waterways Security 2006-11-11 00:00:00 BD Burma BURMA / BANGLADESH - Burmese Ferry Hijacked at Burma-Bangladesh Border
* Railways/Train Stations 2006-11-12 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Protesters in Dhaka Set Train on Fire
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2006-11-14 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Crude bomb attack on mosque wounds 10 in Bangladesh village, news report says
* General Non-Specific Terrorism News 2006-11-24 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Koreans in Bangladesh Advised to Be Alert for Terror
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2006-11-24 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Two outlaws held with explosives
* Airport/Aviation Incidents 2006-12-04 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - 2 Rab members hurt as criminals hurl bombs
* Airport/Aviation Incidents 2006-12-11 00:00:00 BD Dhaka INDIA / BANGLADESH - Bangladesh and India on alert over jet hijack warnings
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2006-12-30 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Explosives, Rab garb found at militant den
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-02 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Bangladesh Security Forces Seize Bomb-Making Material
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-08 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Six Islamists with explosives held in Bangladesh
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-14 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Bomb kills 4 of family [4 bombs, 1 accidental]
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-18 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Huge explosives seized in Savar [And other interesting stuff]
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-28 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - 3 hurt in bomb attack in Kushtia
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-31 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Policeman killed in Bangladesh bomb blast
* Bomb Incidents/Explosives/ Hoax Devices 2007-01-31 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Militants kill Bangladesh policeman
* Terrorist Arrests/Captured/Killed Locations 2007-03-03 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Dhaka arrests 10 Islamist militants
* Terrorist Arrests/Captured/Killed Locations 2007-03-03 00:00:00 BD Dhaka BANGLADESH - Dhaka arrests 10 Islamist militants

URL http://www.globalincidentmap.com/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.

Link reported by: T. Matthew ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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