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GAMBIA-L Digest 46
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Men by Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> 2) Facts about men by Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> 3) Re: men by Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> 4) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> 5) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by Numukunda Darboe<ndarboe@olemiss.edu> 6) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 7) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> 8) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by Ylva Hernlund <yher@u.washington.edu> 9) Forwarded: Programmer job in Forestry (fwd) by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 10) Re: What She really means !!!! by Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> 11) Re: Facts about men by Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> 12) World Bank Summer Employment by Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> 13) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> 14) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES by TSaidy1050@aol.com 15) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by "Adama Kah" <Vptaak@vpt.gwu.edu> 16) *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 17) *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 18) Re: *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) by Francis Njie <francis_njie@il.us.swissbank.com> 19) Applications deadlines for $$$ programs (fwd) by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 20) Job Opennings at Home...Anybody ?? by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 21) GENDER BASHING by BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> 22) Re: Women Hazardous M by Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> 23) PRE/POST-DOC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL (fwd) by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 24) Re: *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 25) Some questions!!! by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 26) Re: Women Hazardous M by BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> 27) New member by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou) 28) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 29) Open Positions with CARE International (fwd) by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 30) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by Bayard Lyons <blyons@aed.aed.org> 31) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by Mustafa Marong <mbmarong@students.wisc.edu> 32) All African Student Conference by C_JAGNE@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA 33) Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page by Andy Lyons <alyons@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu> 34) Re: Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page by MJawara@aol.com 35) Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet by Bayard Lyons <blyons@aed.aed.org> 36) Re: FYI by Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> 37) Re: Denying some people the right to seek medical care abroad. by TSaidy1050@aol.com 38) A miscarriage of justice by KTouray@aol.com 39) 96L11026.html by Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> 40) Re: Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page by Francis Njie <francis_njie@il.us.swissbank.com> 41) Re: radio Zagreb by "Famara A. Sanyang" <famaraas@amadeus.cmi.no> 42) Rights Group Slams Major Powers for Hypocrisy (fwd)!! by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 43) FWD: African Diplomats Queue Up to Replace Boutros Ghali/UPDATE by momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) 44) Nigeria may play France in stadium's inaugural match (fwd)!! by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 45) Re: Denying some people the right to seek medical care abroad. by TSaidy1050@aol.com 46) HOMECOMING TRIP, DECEMBER 18, 1996 by TSaidy1050@aol.com 47) Gambia Has 100 Percent Hepatitis Vaccination Cover. by mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng.) 48) Re: Gambia Has 100 Percent Hepatits Vaccination Cover by mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng.) 49) Computer virus by "Dr. S. G. Kamara" <73244.2701@CompuServe.COM> 50) Computer virus by J?rn Grotnes <jgr@sni.no> 51) Re: Computer virus by Ylva Hernlund <yher@u.washington.edu> 52) HUMAN RIGHTS-MAURITANIA: 'Slavery' Persists, or Does It? by momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) 53) Re: Computer virus by "Adama Kah" <Vptaak@vpt.gwu.edu> 54) Job Opening for material scientists !!!! by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 55) Re: Denying some people the right to seek medical care by Ndey Drammeh <NDRAMME@wpo.it.luc.edu> 56) NEWS FROM THE GAMBIA by TSaidy1050@aol.com 57) Forwarded: Phone scam warning (fwd) by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 58) Off to Senega by Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> 59) Virus alert by "Dr. S. G. Kamara" <73244.2701@CompuServe.COM> 60) Ghanaian Gains Ground in Candidacy to Head U.N. (fwd) by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 61) African squad to feature 8 Nigerians (fwd) by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 62) France Backs Down, Annan Positioned to Lead U.N. (fwd) by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) 63) fwd--profile of un secretary general to be by Ndella Njie <ndella@iastate.edu> 64) So long by "SAL BARRY" <SBARRY@osage.astate.edu> 65) fwd--dissertation funding by Ndella Njie <ndella@iastate.edu> 66) Re: Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu>
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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 14:14:19 -0800 From: Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Men Message-ID: <32AB3DBB.3587@nw-mail.hs.nki.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hi men!
Enough women bashing of from Madiba Saidy. Here's something in return. Make sure you follow it very well as it will be very useful for the coming christmas parties.
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The Male Guide to Selecting an Outfit
by Alan Meiss, ameiss@indiana.edu ---------- ----------- ------------------- ------- | Are there| No | Are there | "What's a | Are there clothes | No | Buy | |clothes in|---->|clothes in | hamper?" | strewn in random |---->| more | | dresser? | |the hamper?|----------->|piles on the floor?| |clothes| ---------- ----------- ------------------- ------- | Yes | Yes | Yes +--------------------------------------------- | V --------------- | Take whatever | | is on top | --------------- ------------------------ | | | V V | -------- No --------- ----------- | Is |---------->| Perform | "Ohmigosh" | Spray | | it | Not sure | smell |------------>| with | | clean? |---------->| test | | deodorant | -------- --------- ----------- | Yes | "Not bad" +-------------------- | V -------------- --------- ------------- |For underwear:| "Which ones are |Will they| "I may get |Place item on| |Are there many| for my legs?" | be | arrested." | dirty pile; | | holes? |----------------->| visible?|------------->| start over | -------------- --------- ------------- | No | No +--------------------------------- | V --------- ------------ ----------------------------------- | Is it | Yes | Do you | Yes |But would you rather have a tick on| |wrinkled?|----->|really care?|----->| your eyeball than iron a shirt? | --------- ------------ ----------------------------------- | No | No | Yes +------------------------------------------------ | V -------- Kinda ------- --------- | Does |----------------->| Is it | No | Seek the| | it | "Does it what?" | dark |---->|advice of| | match? |----------------->| out? | | a female| -------- ------- --------- | Yes | Yes +-------------------------- | V ---------- | Put on | | clothes! | ----------
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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 14:23:06 -0800 From: Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> To: GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Facts about men Message-ID: <32AB3FCA.248D@nw-mail.hs.nki.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hello sisters! Here's a list of few facts about women. I know the guys are gonna get me for this one but it'll be fun to read their replies! :-)))
RITA RUDNER'S FACTS ABOUT MEN
1. Men like to barbecue. Men will cook if danger is involved. 2. Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry. 3. Marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible. In a world where there are more women than men, it pays to recycle. 4. Men are very confident people. My husband is so confident that when he watches sports on television, he thinks that if he concentrates he can help his team. If the team is in trouble, he coaches the players from our living room, and if they're really in trouble, I have to get off the phone in case they call him. 5. Men like phones with lots of buttons. It makes them feel important. 6. Men love to be the first to read the newspaper in the morning. Not being the first is upsetting to their psyches. 7. All men are afraid of eyelash curlers. I sleep with one under my pillow, instead of a gun. 8. A good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. These men usually have jobs and bathe. 9. All men hate to hear "We need to talk about our relationship." These seven words strike fear in the heart of even General Schwartzkopf. 10. Men are sensitive in strange ways. If a man has built a fire and the last log does not burn, he will take it personally. 11. Men have an easier time buying bathing suits. Women have two types: depressing and more depressing. Men have two types: nerdy and not nerdy. 12. Men have higher body temperatures than women. If your heating goes out in winter, I recommend sleeping next to a man. Men are like por- table heaters that snore. 13. Women take clothing much more seriously than men. I've never seen a man walk into a party and say "Oh, my God, I'm so embarrassed; get me out of here. There's another man wearing a black tuxedo." 14. Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door. 15. If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he is serious. 16. If you're dating a man who you think might be "Mr. Right," if he a) got older, b) got a new job, or c) visited a psychiatrist, you are in for a nasty surprise. The cocoon-to-butterfly theory only works on cocoons and butterflies. 17. No man is charming all of the time. Even Cary Grant is on record saying he wished he could be Cary Grant. 18. When four or more men get together, they talk about sports. 19. When four or more women get together, they talk about men. 20. Men are less sentimental than women. No man has ever seen the movie THE WAY WE WERE twice, voluntarily. 21. Most women are introspective: "Am I in love? Am I emotionally and creatively fulfilled?" Most men are outrospective: "Did my team win? How's my car?" 22. If a man says, "I'll call you," and he doesn't, he didn't forget... he didn't lose your number... he didn't die. He just didn't want to call you. 23. Men hate to lose. I once beat my husband at tennis. I asked him, "Are we going to have sex again?" He said, "Yes, but not with each other." 24. Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again" might sound like a challenge. If you want to get rid of a man, I suggest saying, "I love you... I want to marry you... I want to have your children." Some- times they leave skid marks. 25. Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super- heroes. Women have bad self-images because they grow up identifying with Barbie. 26. Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause - you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles. 27. Men forget everything; women remember everything. 28. That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.
Isatou.
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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 14:31:19 -0800 From: Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> To: GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: men Message-ID: <32AB41B7.3814@nw-mail.hs.nki.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hei everyone! Sorry I wanted to write 'enough bashing of women' and not 'enough women bashing of'
Isatou.
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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 14:41:03 -0800 From: Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> To: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <32AB43FF.6D67@nw-mail.hs.nki.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Madiba Saidy wrote: > > As you may know, in many companies and laboratories, hazardous > materials information sheets are required to keep workers informed > about the materials they are working with. Now they are available for > the home. > ********************************************************************** > > HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SHEET > > > ELEMENT: Women > > SYMBOL: Wo > > DISCOVERER: Adam > > ATOMIC MASS: Accepted at 53.6kg, but known to vary from 40-200kg > > OCCURRENCES: Copious quantities in all urban areas > > > PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: > > Surface usually covered in painted film > > Boils at nothing; freezes w/o known reason > > Melts if given special treatment > > Bitter if incorrectly used > > Found in various states from virgin metal to common ore > > Yields if pressure applied in correct places > > > CHEMICAL PROPERTIES: > > Has great affinity for gold, silver, and a range of precious stones > > Absorbs great quantities of expensive substances > > May explode spontaneously w/o prior warning and for no apparent reason > > Most powerful money reducing agent known to man (Oh really!!!!) > > > COMMON USES: > > Highly ornamental, especially in sports cars > > Can be a great aid to relaxation > > Very effective cleaning agent > > > TESTS: > > Pure specimen turns rosy pink when discovered in the natural state > > Turns green when placed beside a betta specimen > > > HAZARDS: > > Highly dangerous except in experienced hands > > Illegal to possess more than one, although several can be maintained > at different locations as long as specimens do not come into direct > contact with each other (doesn't apply for most Gambians!! Oh yah!!) > __ > ******************************************************************** > ** Madiba Saidy ** > ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** > ** University of British Columbia ** > ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** > ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** > ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** > ********************************************************************
Ok Madiba, here's one about men too!
Man - A Chemical Analysis
Element : Man Symbol : Ah Quantitative : Accepted at 7 inches, wavy brown hair, 6' 0" in length, though some isotopes can be as short as 4 inches. Discoverer : Eve Occurrence : Found following duel element Wo, often in high concentration near a perfect Wo specimen.
Physical properties : 1) Obnoxious when mixed with C*H*-OH (any alcohol).
2) Tends to fall into very low energy state directly after reaction with Wo (Snore ... zzzzz).
3) Gains considerable mass as specimen ages, loses reactive nature.
4) Rarely found in pure form after 14th year.
5) Often damaged as a direct result of unlucky reaction with polluted form of the Wo common ore.
Chemical properties : 1) All forms desire reaction with Wo, even when no further reaction is possible.
2) May react with several Wo isotopes in short period under extremely favorable conditions.
3) Usually willing to react with what ever is available.
4) Reaction Rates range from aborted/non-existent to Pre-interaction effects (which tend to turn the specimen bright red.
5) Reaction styles vary from extremely slow, calm and wet to violent/bloody.
Storage : Best results apparently near 18 for high reaction rate, 25-35 for favorable reaction style.
Uses : Heavy boxes, top shelves, long walks late at night, free dinners for Wo...
Tests : Pure specimen will rarely reveal purity, while reacted specimens broadcast information on many wavelengths.
Caution : Tends to react extremely violently when other Man interferes with reaction to a particular Wo specimen. Otherwise very maleable under correct conditions. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 11:28:36 -0600 From: Numukunda Darboe<ndarboe@olemiss.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <v01510105aed0ab361864@[130.74.64.43]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
PLEASE I think this is getting out of hands. Chemists like myself and others may get some sense from these jokes, but they may be rather insulting to a greater majority on this list. I did not plan on posting anything at this time due to the fact that I have been and I am still busy especially with finals approaching, but I coldn't let this one get away. So please I'm appealing to everyone that we do not cotinue these jokes on the list as they could be easily misconstrued. Mr. saidy (my high school teacher), I will send you a personal mail. It's been a long time.
Numukunda
>Madiba Saidy wrote: >> >> As you may know, in many companies and laboratories, hazardous >> materials information sheets are required to keep workers informed >> about the materials they are working with. Now they are available for >> the home. >> ********************************************************************** >> >> HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SHEET >> >> >> ELEMENT: Women >> >> SYMBOL: Wo >> >> DISCOVERER: Adam >> >> ATOMIC MASS: Accepted at 53.6kg, but known to vary from 40-200kg >> >> OCCURRENCES: Copious quantities in all urban areas >> >> >> PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: >> >> Surface usually covered in painted film >> >> Boils at nothing; freezes w/o known reason >> >> Melts if given special treatment >> >> Bitter if incorrectly used >> >> Found in various states from virgin metal to common ore >> >> Yields if pressure applied in correct places >> >> >> CHEMICAL PROPERTIES: >> >> Has great affinity for gold, silver, and a range of precious stones >> >> Absorbs great quantities of expensive substances >> >> May explode spontaneously w/o prior warning and for no apparent reason >> >> Most powerful money reducing agent known to man (Oh really!!!!) >> >> >> COMMON USES: >> >> Highly ornamental, especially in sports cars >> >> Can be a great aid to relaxation >> >> Very effective cleaning agent >> >> >> TESTS: >> >> Pure specimen turns rosy pink when discovered in the natural state >> >> Turns green when placed beside a betta specimen >> >> >> HAZARDS: >> >> Highly dangerous except in experienced hands >> >> Illegal to possess more than one, although several can be maintained >> at different locations as long as specimens do not come into direct >> contact with each other (doesn't apply for most Gambians!! Oh yah!!) >> __ >> ******************************************************************** >> ** Madiba Saidy ** >> ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** >> ** University of British Columbia ** >> ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** >> ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** >> ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** >> ******************************************************************** > > >Ok Madiba, here's one about men too! > >Man - A Chemical Analysis > >Element : Man >Symbol : Ah >Quantitative : Accepted at 7 inches, wavy brown hair, 6' 0" in length, > though some isotopes can be as short as 4 inches. >Discoverer : Eve >Occurrence : Found following duel element Wo, often in high > concentration near a perfect Wo specimen. > >Physical properties : 1) Obnoxious when mixed with C*H*-OH (any >alcohol). > > 2) Tends to fall into very low energy state >directly > after reaction with Wo (Snore ... zzzzz). > > 3) Gains considerable mass as specimen ages, loses > reactive nature. > > 4) Rarely found in pure form after 14th year. > > 5) Often damaged as a direct result of unlucky >reaction > with polluted form of the Wo common ore. > >Chemical properties : 1) All forms desire reaction with Wo, even when no > further reaction is possible. > > 2) May react with several Wo isotopes in short >period > under extremely favorable conditions. > > 3) Usually willing to react with what ever is >available. > > 4) Reaction Rates range from aborted/non-existent >to > Pre-interaction effects (which tend to turn the > specimen bright red. > > 5) Reaction styles vary from extremely slow, calm > and wet to violent/bloody. > >Storage : Best results apparently near 18 for high reaction rate, 25-35 >for > favorable reaction style. > >Uses : Heavy boxes, top shelves, long walks late at night, free >dinners > for Wo... > >Tests : Pure specimen will rarely reveal purity, while reacted >specimens > broadcast information on many wavelengths. > >Caution : Tends to react extremely violently when other Man interferes >with > reaction to a particular Wo specimen. Otherwise very maleable > under correct conditions. >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 13:14:23 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <9612082114.AA11066@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
Numukunda wrote: PLEASE I think this is getting out of hands. Chemists like myself and others may get some sense from these jokes, but they may be rather insulting to a greater majority on this list. I did not plan on posting anything at this time due to the fact that I have been and I am still busy especially with finals approaching, but I coldn't let this one get away. So please I'm appealing to everyone that we do not cotinue these jokes on the list as they could be easily misconstrued. Mr. saidy (my high school teacher), I will send you a personal mail. It's been a long time. Numukunda -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi folks,
I wish to apologise to all those who were offended by my postings about women...I love women very much!! I just happen to be a person who loves humor and since there isn't much discussion on the list since I joined, I thought It'll be a good idea to post some humorous stuff.
I've not had an exam in the past three years, so I didn't know that's why a lot of people are quiet..Good luck to those of you who have exams to prepare for.
I've received mail from a few list members who really appreciated my contribution...I'll share my jokes with these folks on an individual basis.
On a diferent note, I'll be heading to the Motherland in late January, perhaps some list members might be heading home at about the same time..so It might be a good idea to get together.
Once again my apologies to all those offended.
Happy Holidays!!
Madiba. __ ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 10:17:01 +0300 From: BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <30C937ED.6CE5@QATAR.NET.QA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Madiba Saidy wrote: >=20 > Numukunda wrote: >=20 > PLEASE I think this is getting out of hands. Chemists like myself and > others may get some sense from these jokes, but they may be rather > insulting to a greater majority on this list. I did not plan on posting > anything at this time due to the fact that I have been and I am still b= usy > especially with finals approaching, but I coldn't let this one get away= .. So > please I'm appealing to everyone that we do not cotinue these jokes on = the > list as they could be easily misconstrued. > Mr. saidy (my high school teacher), I will send you a personal > mail. It's been a long time. >=20 > Numukunda > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > Hi folks, >=20 > I wish to apologise to all those who were offended by my postings about > women...I love women very much!! I just happen to be a person who loves > humor and since there isn't much discussion on the list since I joined, > I thought It'll be a good idea to post some humorous stuff. >=20 > I've not had an exam in the past three years, so I didn't know that's > why a lot of people are quiet..Good luck to those of you who have exams > to prepare for. >=20 > I've received mail from a few list members who really appreciated my > contribution...I'll share my jokes with these folks on an individual > basis. >=20 > On a diferent note, I'll be heading to the Motherland in late January, > perhaps some list members might be heading home at about the same > time..so It might be a good idea to get together. >=20 > Once again my apologies to all those offended. >=20 > Happy Holidays!! >=20 > Madiba. > __ > ******************************************************************** > ** Madiba Saidy ** > ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** > ** University of British Columbia ** > ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** > ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** > ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** > ******************************************************************** MR.SAIDY!! I personally believe that the children of EVE on this list are big girls and humorous enough to be able to handle your jokes on them; and,more than that, it will also encourage some of them like sister KAIRA to come up with their little prejudices about ADAM's children.The gender war began at the dawn of human genesis when MEN's father,ADAM was foolish enough to allow women's mother,EVE to use her sexual power on him, thus persuading him to break the very rule without which they could no longer stay in paradise.AND ,as we all now know, both of them were expelled from the Garden immediately after that.So,since all the dangerous,back-breaking and hazardous jobs required to be done to build civilisation on EARTH fell to the lot of ADAM and his children,no real man can ever forgive EVE and her children for causing them to make such a historic blunder, the price of which every man must pay at one time or another in his lifetime.Now, men could only dream about what life might have been like in the readymade eternal Garden, if only the First Father didn't give in to the sexual manipulation the First Mother!!!And you know what? This is a little bit embarassing, but we still have not yet learnt our lessons because they still use it on us all the time.
Regards Basss!! --=20 SZDD=88=F0'3Af=A8=03
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 08:23:08 -0800 (PST) From: Ylva Hernlund <yher@u.washington.edu> To: BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> Cc: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu>, ; Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.961209082106.65764F-100000@dante26.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
Basss, Considering the back-breaking labor carried out by women all over the world (and particularly in places like Gambia) and the dangerous task of birthing the current sons-and-daughters-of-Adam-and-Eve (not to mention raising them...the penultimate civilizing mission!) I find your comments puzzling.....Best, Ylva
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH wrote:
> Madiba Saidy wrote: > >=20 > > Numukunda wrote: > >=20 > > PLEASE I think this is getting out of hands. Chemists like myself and > > others may get some sense from these jokes, but they may be rather > > insulting to a greater majority on this list. I did not plan on posting > > anything at this time due to the fact that I have been and I am still b= usy > > especially with finals approaching, but I coldn't let this one get away= =2E So > > please I'm appealing to everyone that we do not cotinue these jokes on = the > > list as they could be easily misconstrued. > > Mr. saidy (my high school teacher), I will send you a personal > > mail. It's been a long time. > >=20 > > Numukunda > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >=20 > > Hi folks, > >=20 > > I wish to apologise to all those who were offended by my postings about > > women...I love women very much!! I just happen to be a person who loves > > humor and since there isn't much discussion on the list since I joined, > > I thought It'll be a good idea to post some humorous stuff. > >=20 > > I've not had an exam in the past three years, so I didn't know that's > > why a lot of people are quiet..Good luck to those of you who have exams > > to prepare for. > >=20 > > I've received mail from a few list members who really appreciated my > > contribution...I'll share my jokes with these folks on an individual > > basis. > >=20 > > On a diferent note, I'll be heading to the Motherland in late January, > > perhaps some list members might be heading home at about the same > > time..so It might be a good idea to get together. > >=20 > > Once again my apologies to all those offended. > >=20 > > Happy Holidays!! > >=20 > > Madiba. > > __ > > ******************************************************************** > > ** Madiba Saidy ** > > ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** > > ** University of British Columbia ** > > ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** > > ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** > > ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** > > ******************************************************************** > MR.SAIDY!! > =09=09I personally believe that the children of EVE on this list are big > girls and humorous enough to be able to handle your jokes on them; > and,more than that, it will also encourage some of them like sister > KAIRA to come up with their little prejudices about ADAM's children.The > gender war began at the dawn of human genesis when MEN's father,ADAM was > foolish enough to allow women's mother,EVE to use her sexual power on > him, thus persuading him to break the very rule without which they could > no longer stay in paradise.AND ,as we all now know, both of them were > expelled from the Garden immediately after that.So,since all the > dangerous,back-breaking and hazardous jobs required to be done to build > civilisation on EARTH fell to the lot of ADAM and his children,no real > man can ever forgive EVE and her children for causing them to make such > a historic blunder, the price of which every man must pay at one time or > another in his lifetime.Now, men could only dream about what life might > have been like in the readymade > eternal Garden, if only the First Father didn't give in to the sexual > manipulation the First Mother!!!And you know what? This is a little bit > embarassing, but we still have not yet learnt our lessons because they > still use it on us all the time. >=20 > =09=09=09=09Regards Basss!! > --=20 > SZDD=88=F0'3Af=A8=03 >=20 >=20
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:27:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Cc: msjaiteh@mtu.edu (Malanding S. Jaiteh) Subject: Forwarded: Programmer job in Forestry (fwd) Message-ID: <199612091727.MAA04962@hemlock.ffr.mtu.edu> Content-Type: text
Forwarded message: >From owner-forgrad-l-outgoing@mtu.edu Mon Dec 9 10:19:56 1996 X-Received: MTU Resend v1.1 for forgrad-l Message-Id: <3.0.16.19961209101949.38af5a94@141.219.149.237> X-Sender: jmoore@141.219.149.237 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (16) Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 10:19:49 -0500 To: forgrad-l@mtu.edu From: "James B. Moore" <jmoore@mtu.edu> Subject: Forwarded: Programmer job in Forestry Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Precedence: list Reply-To: forgrad-l@mtu.edu
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 11:24:50 -0500 To: forestry-l@mtu.edu, forgrad-l@mtu.edu From: gdmroz@mtu.edu (Glenn D. Mroz) Subject: Programmer
FYI
A great opportunity from a distinguished alumnus
glenn
>From: Dave Hamlin <DCH@MBGPDX.MHS.CompuServe.COM> >Please forward as you see fit. > >-------------------------------------------------- > >****** Position Announcement: Programmer ************ > >Mason, Bruce and Girard, Inc., the Pacific Northwest's leading forestry >consulting firm, is accepting applications from qualified individuals for >the position of programmer. > >This position offers an outstanding opportunity to a motivated >individual. The >broad range of duties will present an opportunity to work at the leading >edge of forestry software development. > >The successful candidate will hold a BS in Forestry and / or Computer >Science, and >show significant experience in the both areas. The successful candidate >will have experience programming in C++ for Windows and have some >familiarity with the Microsoft Access database. The candidate must >also demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills. > >The programmer works as part of a multi - disciplinary team which >includes >biometricians, foresters, and GIS experts. This team designs, develops >and supports forestry software tools for internal use, and for sale as >part of >Mason, Bruce, and Girard's Stand Inventory System. The team also works >to develop custom applications for clients. > >Please respond by e-mail, fax, or mail to: > > Mail: David Hamlin, Ph.D. > > Mason, Bruce and Girard, Inc. > 1300 Bank of California Tower > 707 Southwest Washington St. > Portland, OR 97205 > >e-mail: dch@mbgpdx.mhs.compuserve.com >Fax: (503) 224 - 6524 > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >David C. Hamlin, Ph.D. Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. >Biometrician Portland, OR. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------- James B. Moore Systems Administrator School of Forestry and Wood Products Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 Internet: jmoore@mtu.edu -------------------------------------------------------------
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 09:59:49 -0800 (PST) From: Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> To: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: What She really means !!!! Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95c.961209095403.10190D-100000@carson.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Oh! Oh! I believe this one is bordering on sexism. I'm sure you found this quirk in some sleezy magazine, however not one you should share with a list of subscribers of both genders UNLESS you also added the male counter of "What he really Means". Gender bassing went out in the 80's
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Debbie Proctor, Administrator U of W Conference Housing (206) 543-8443 McCarty Hall, Box 354471 (206) 543-4094 Seattle, Wa. 98l95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 10:14:11 -0800 (PST) From: Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> To: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Facts about men Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95c.961209101255.10190F-100000@carson.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Enough is enough even when you think you're bashing men, you bashing women. What is this, did your wives make you sleep on the sofa???? Let's give it a break.
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The Summer Employment Program (SEP) at the World Bank in Washington, DC, may be of interest students currently in graduate school and planning to return to graduate studies after participating in the SEP.
All positions are in Washington, DC.
Applications must be received by the Bank by January 31, 1997. NO EXCEPTIONS.
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The Summer Employment Program re-opened on December 2, 1996.
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
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Interested candidates may send their inquiries to the attention of:
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 10:29:57 -0800 (PST) From: Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> To: BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> Cc: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu>, ; Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95c.961209101936.10190G-100000@carson.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
Hog wash! there was no sexual power before the forbidden fruit was consumed. Adam was just as guilty if not more so. Eve did not force Adam, she simply set it before him.
I am a women on this list serv who is bright and intelligent and also do not like men writing or laughing at a women's expense. I too could put some jokes bashing men, I choose not to as it accomplishes nothing. Last weeks jokes were fun, let's stop there or find some different ones. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= +++ Debbie Proctor, Administrator=09=09=09U of W Conference Housing (206) 543-8443=09=09=09=09=09McCarty Hall, Box 354471 (206) 543-4094=09=09=09=09=09Seattle, Wa. 98l95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= +++
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH wrote:
> Madiba Saidy wrote: > >=20 > > Numukunda wrote: > >=20 > > PLEASE I think this is getting out of hands. Chemists like myself and > > others may get some sense from these jokes, but they may be rather > > insulting to a greater majority on this list. I did not plan on posting > > anything at this time due to the fact that I have been and I am still b= usy > > especially with finals approaching, but I coldn't let this one get away= =2E So > > please I'm appealing to everyone that we do not cotinue these jokes on = the > > list as they could be easily misconstrued. > > Mr. saidy (my high school teacher), I will send you a personal > > mail. It's been a long time. > >=20 > > Numukunda > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >=20 > > Hi folks, > >=20 > > I wish to apologise to all those who were offended by my postings about > > women...I love women very much!! I just happen to be a person who loves > > humor and since there isn't much discussion on the list since I joined, > > I thought It'll be a good idea to post some humorous stuff. > >=20 > > I've not had an exam in the past three years, so I didn't know that's > > why a lot of people are quiet..Good luck to those of you who have exams > > to prepare for. > >=20 > > I've received mail from a few list members who really appreciated my > > contribution...I'll share my jokes with these folks on an individual > > basis. > >=20 > > On a diferent note, I'll be heading to the Motherland in late January, > > perhaps some list members might be heading home at about the same > > time..so It might be a good idea to get together. > >=20 > > Once again my apologies to all those offended. > >=20 > > Happy Holidays!! > > =20 > > Madiba. > > __ > > ******************************************************************** > > ** Madiba Saidy ** > > ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** > > ** University of British Columbia ** > > ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** > > ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** > > ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** > > ******************************************************************** > MR.SAIDY!! > =09=09I personally believe that the children of EVE on this list are big > girls and humorous enough to be able to handle your jokes on them; > and,more than that, it will also encourage some of them like sister > KAIRA to come up with their little prejudices about ADAM's children.The > gender war began at the dawn of human genesis when MEN's father,ADAM was > foolish enough to allow women's mother,EVE to use her sexual power on > him, thus persuading him to break the very rule without which they could > no longer stay in paradise.AND ,as we all now know, both of them were > expelled from the Garden immediately after that.So,since all the > dangerous,back-breaking and hazardous jobs required to be done to build > civilisation on EARTH fell to the lot of ADAM and his children,no real > man can ever forgive EVE and her children for causing them to make such > a historic blunder, the price of which every man must pay at one time or > another in his lifetime.Now, men could only dream about what life might > have been like in the readymade > eternal Garden, if only the First Father didn't give in to the sexual > manipulation the First Mother!!!And you know what? This is a little bit > embarassing, but we still have not yet learnt our lessons because they > still use it on us all the time. >=20 > =09=09=09=09Regards Basss!! > --=20 > SZDD=88=F0'3Af=A8=03 >=20 >=20
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 13:32:32 -0500 From: TSaidy1050@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES Message-ID: <961209132253_1488092810@emout10.mail.aol.com>
Gambia-l,
The Provisional Independent Electoral Commission(PIEC) has announced that 108 candidates have been nominated to contest in the National Assembly elections to be held on 2 January, 1997.
There APRC candidates are unopposed in the follwing constituences: 1. Foni Bintang 2. Foni Bondali 3. Foni Brefet 4. Foni Jarrol 5. Niamina East
The APRC will field candidates in all 45 constituencies, the NRP in 5, PDOIS 17, and UDP in 34.
List of Candidates
Banjul Administrative Area
1. Banjul Central Christian Samuel Davies UDP Pa Sallah Jeng IND(Independent) Ahmed Jeggan Loum PDOIS Musa Sinyan APRC
2. Banjul North Ebou Ndow UDP Sheikh Omar Njie APRC
3. Banjul South David Jones APRC Pa Babou Seedy Njie UDP
Kanifing Administrative Area
1. Bakua Demba Sanneh Bojang UDP Saihou Sanyang APRC
2. Serrekunda East Fabakary Tombong Jatta APRC Bakary M.S.A. Manneh UDP Halifa Sallah PDOIS
3. Serrekunda West Adama Bah PDOIS Gibou Momodou Jagne UDP Sulayman Joof APRC
Brikama Administrative Area
1. Foni Bintang Fansu Sanneh APRC
2. Foni Bondali Ansumana Sanneh APRC
3. Foni Brefet Karafa Badgie APRC
4. Foni Jarrol Musa Baldeh APRC
5. Foni Kansala Kawsu L. Gibba AFRC Momodou L Nyassi UDP
6. Kombo Central Abdou Badjie APRC Wassa Janneh UDP Ousman G A Kebbeh PDOIS
7. Kombo East Pa Saikou Kujabi UDP Kebba M Touray APRC
8. Kombo North Seedy Ceesay PDOIS Yusupha S Cham UDP Musa Suso APRC
9. Kombo South Kebba Barrow UDP Yusupha K Sanyang NRP Paul Mendy APRC
Kerewan Administrative Area
1. Central Baddibu Janko Fatou Jaiteh APRC Abou Karamba Kassama UDP
2. Illiassa Sainey Kebba Jadama UDP Araabo Ansu Kanyi APRC
3. Jokadu Amadou Khan APRC Baba Abu Khan UDP
4. Lower Baddibu Manjanko Saamsusa UDP Alhaji Ablie Suku Singateh APRC
5. Lower Niumi Jain Coli Fye APRC Musa Malang Sonko UDP
6. Sabach Sanjal Kebba Land Camara APRC Yankuba Solly Camara UDP
7. Upper Niumi Ousman Jallow APRC Ebrima Kanjura Sonko UDP
Mansakonko Administrative Area
1. Jarra Central Momodou Lamin Ceesay UDP Alkali Jallow IND Phoday Lang Sarr APRC
2. Jarra East Ebou Ceesay PDOIS Ousman Lang Sama Dabo APRC Seedy Amang Kanyi UDP
3. Jarra West Baba Jobe APRC Kemeseng M. Jammeh UDP Lamin Manneh PDOIS
4. Kiang Central Babading K.K. Daffeh UDP Demba Jobarteh APRC Musa Gallel Jabou Njadoe NRP
5. Kiang East Buba Samura UDP Ansumana Sanneh APRC
6. Kiang West Sulayman Darboe PDOIS Omar Kebba Mass UDP Memera Njie APRC
Janjanbureh Administrative Area
1. Janjanbureh Daddy Kaba Dampha APRC Foday Jibang Manka UDP
2. Lower Fulladu West Saikou Foday Njie APRC Ebrima Hurana Jobarteh PDOIS Dawda Malang Fanta Sama UDP
3. Lower Saloum Ebou Faal UDP Abdou Mamsamba Njie NRP Fafa Touray APRC
4. Niamina Dankunku Jaye Jallow PDOIS Sanna Jallow APRC
5. Niamina East Eliman Malick Secka APRC
6. Niamina West Lamin Wollow Samba Jallow IND Baboucarr Sonko APRC
7. Niani Ousman Janko PDOIS Buray Alpha Jowoh NRP Kebba Baboucarr Sabally APRC Almamy Aboubaker Touray UDP
8. Nianija Dawda Bah APRC Essa Bah IND
9. Sami Idrissa Samba Sallah APRC Sheriff Sawaneh UDP Essa Wally PDOIS
10. Upper Fulladu West Churchill Falai Bandeh APRC Tijan Babou Ramou Njie PDOIS Amadou Sanneh UDP
11. Upper Saloum Hamat Ngai Kuma Bah NRP Sainey Mbye APRC
Basse Administrative Area
1. Basse Momodou Sellu Bah APRC Ibrahima K. Kejera PDOIS Sisia K. L. Sagnia UDP
2. Jimara Saihou Mballow UDP Kanimang Sanneh APRC
3. Kantora Omar Camara APRC Hassan Jallow IND
4. Sandu Pa Ousman Drammeh IND Lamin Giana PDOIS Abdoulie Kanaagi Jawla APRC
5. Tumana Netty Baldeh APRC Saikuba Ceesay PDOIS Mbemba M Tambedou UDP
6. Wulli Alhamdiou A K Conteh UDP Mamadi Karlo Jabai APRC Sidia Jatta PDOIS
Notice that Mr. Ousainaou Darboe was not nominated by his constituency even though his name was submitted along with others. Amadou Sanneh was nominated instead.
Peace TOMBONG SAIDY
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 13:53:28 +500 From: "Adama Kah" <Vptaak@vpt.gwu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <97F04A3588E@vpt.gwu.edu>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 13:14:23 -0800 (PST) Reply-to: gambia-l@u.washington.edu From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet
Madiba,
I think the jokes are funny. Pl.s include me in your personal list. Enjoy your holiday in The Gambia.
Adama Kah
Numukunda wrote: PLEASE I think this is getting out of hands. Chemists like myself and others may get some sense from these jokes, but they may be rather insulting to a greater majority on this list. I did not plan on posting anything at this time due to the fact that I have been and I am still busy especially with finals approaching, but I coldn't let this one get away. So please I'm appealing to everyone that we do not cotinue these jokes on the list as they could be easily misconstrued. Mr. saidy (my high school teacher), I will send you a personal mail. It's been a long time. Numukunda -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi folks,
I wish to apologise to all those who were offended by my postings about women...I love women very much!! I just happen to be a person who loves humor and since there isn't much discussion on the list since I joined, I thought It'll be a good idea to post some humorous stuff.
I've not had an exam in the past three years, so I didn't know that's why a lot of people are quiet..Good luck to those of you who have exams to prepare for.
I've received mail from a few list members who really appreciated my contribution...I'll share my jokes with these folks on an individual basis.
On a diferent note, I'll be heading to the Motherland in late January, perhaps some list members might be heading home at about the same time..so It might be a good idea to get together.
Once again my apologies to all those offended.
Happy Holidays!!
Madiba. __ ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ******************************************************************** Adama Kah The George Washington University Office of The Vice President and Treasurer 2121 I St., NW Rice Hall, Suite 707 Washington, D.C. 20052
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:30:58 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) Message-ID: <9612092030.AA18052@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
Forwarded from:
- The alternative newsservice - http://www.lglobal.com/TAO/ainfos.html
From: Steve Wingate <stevew@world.std.com>
Japanese Retaliate Against the United States
by Henry Williams
Associated Press
Tokyo (AP) -- The Japanese government has taken a step to retaliate against the U. S. decision of Tuesday to bar 16 Japanese citizens from the United States for alleged war crimes committed during the Second World War.
In Tokyo, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto announced that 10 Americans will be barred from Japan for their "war crimes, crimes against humanity, and violations of human rights." The Americans listed are:
George Bush, for the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, including many thousands of children, in attacks upon Iraq and Panama.
Colin Powell, for his prominent role in the attacks on Iraq and Panama.
General Norman Schwarzkopf, for his military leadership of the Iraqi carnage.
Ronald Reagan, for the death and destruction inflicted upon the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Grenada by his military and political policies.
Elliott Abrams, for his key participation in Reagan's interventionist policies.
Oliver North, for being a prime mover behind the contras, whose atrocities are legendary, and his role in the invasion of Grenada, which took the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians.
Henry Kissinger, for his bloody roles in Angola, Chile and Indochina.
Gerald Ford, for giving his approval to Indonesia to use American arms to brutally suppress the people of East Timor.
Robert McNamara, for his responsibility in the slaughters in Indochina and the suppression of popular movements in Peru.
John Deutch, for his callous coverups of Gulf War Syndrome at the Defense Department and drug complicity at the CIA.
Mr. Hashimoto indicated that more names may be added to the list if the United States does not retract its own list.
______________________________________________________________________ ### B O Y C O T T S H E L L ### greedy murderers and polluters remember Ken Saro Wiwa and the slaughtered Ogoni ______________________________________________________________________
Cheers,
Madiba. -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 13:13:45 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) Message-ID: <9612092113.AA08982@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
Forwarded from: >> >> - The alternative newsservice - >> http://www.lglobal.com/TAO/ainfos.html >> >>From: Steve Wingate <stevew@world.std.com> >> >>Japanese Retaliate Against the United States >> >>by Henry Williams >> >>Associated Press >> >>Tokyo (AP) -- The Japanese government has taken a step to retaliate >>against the U. S. decision of Tuesday to bar 16 Japanese citizens from the >>United States for alleged war crimes committed during the Second World >>War. >> >> In Tokyo, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto announced that 10 >>Americans will be barred from Japan for their "war crimes, crimes against >>humanity, and violations of human rights." The Americans listed are: >> >> George Bush, for the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent >>civilians, including many thousands of children, in attacks upon Iraq and >>Panama. >> >> Colin Powell, for his prominent role in the attacks on Iraq and Panama. >> >> General Norman Schwarzkopf, for his military leadership of the Iraqi >>carnage. >> >> Ronald Reagan, for the death and destruction inflicted upon the people of >>El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Grenada by his military and >>political policies. >> >> Elliott Abrams, for his key participation in Reagan's interventionist >>policies. >> >> Oliver North, for being a prime mover behind the contras, whose >>atrocities are legendary, and his role in the invasion of Grenada, which >>took the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians. >> >> Henry Kissinger, for his bloody roles in Angola, Chile and Indochina. >> >> Gerald Ford, for giving his approval to Indonesia to use American arms to >>brutally suppress the people of East Timor. >> >> Robert McNamara, for his responsibility in the slaughters in Indochina >>and the suppression of popular movements in Peru. >> >> John Deutch, for his callous coverups of Gulf War Syndrome at the Defense >>Department and drug complicity at the CIA. >> >> Mr. Hashimoto indicated that more names may be added to the list if the >>United States does not retract its own list.
PS :- ______________________________________________________________________ ### B O Y C O T T S H E L L ### greedy murderers and polluters remember Ken Saro Wiwa and the slaughtered Ogoni ______________________________________________________________________
Cheers, Madiba. -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 15:35:55 -0600 From: Francis Njie <francis_njie@il.us.swissbank.com> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) Message-ID: <9612092136.AA02419@new_delhi> Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3risc v124.8483.5) Content-Type: text/plain
Wow, this is almost surreal... nations with economic clout get to have all the fun!!
- Francis
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From: Steve Wingate <stevew@world.std.com>
Japanese Retaliate Against the United States
by Henry Williams
Associated Press
Tokyo (AP) -- The Japanese government has taken a step to retaliate against the U. S. decision of Tuesday to bar 16 Japanese citizens from the United States for alleged war crimes committed during the Second World War.
In Tokyo, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto announced that 10 Americans will be barred from Japan for their "war crimes, crimes against humanity, and violations of human rights." The Americans listed are:
George Bush, for the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, including many thousands of children, in attacks upon Iraq and Panama.
Colin Powell, for his prominent role in the attacks on Iraq and Panama.
General Norman Schwarzkopf, for his military leadership of the Iraqi carnage.
Ronald Reagan, for the death and destruction inflicted upon the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Grenada by his military and political policies.
Elliott Abrams, for his key participation in Reagan's interventionist policies.
Oliver North, for being a prime mover behind the contras, whose atrocities are legendary, and his role in the invasion of Grenada, which took the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians.
Henry Kissinger, for his bloody roles in Angola, Chile and Indochina.
Gerald Ford, for giving his approval to Indonesia to use American arms to brutally suppress the people of East Timor.
Robert McNamara, for his responsibility in the slaughters in Indochina and the suppression of popular movements in Peru.
John Deutch, for his callous coverups of Gulf War Syndrome at the Defense Department and drug complicity at the CIA.
Mr. Hashimoto indicated that more names may be added to the list if the United States does not retract its own list.
______________________________________________________________________ ### B O Y C O T T S H E L L ### greedy murderers and polluters remember Ken Saro Wiwa and the slaughtered Ogoni ______________________________________________________________________
Cheers,
Madiba. -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:45:15 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Applications deadlines for $$$ programs (fwd) Message-ID: <9612100145.AA12920@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
---------- Forwarded message ---------- JANUARY 3: Applications for Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities. Contact: Fellowship Office (TJ 2039), National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington 20418. JANUARY 15 - Five College Fellowship Program for Minority Scholars provides a year in residence at one of the campuses (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges) for minority graduate students in the final phase of the doctoral degree. The purposes of the program are to enable Fellows to complete their dissertation; to encourage their interest in college teaching; and to acquaint them with the schools. Each Fellow is hosted within an appropriate department or program at one of the five colleges. If you are interested send your name and US mailing address to Sarah at sjr@mail.utexas.edu and she will send you a copy of the flyer. FEBRUARY 3: Applications for 1997-98 dissertation year fellowship program. Contact: Irvine Minority Scholar Search; c/o Gerardo Marin, Ph.D., Associate Dean; Coordinator, Irvine Minority Scholar Program; College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Francisco; 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080. (1/8/97) JANUARY 1 - Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students. The fellowship is to encourage able minority students to pursue careers in college teaching. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, and must have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation by the end of the current academic year. The stipend for 1997-98 is $25,000. The College will also provide housing support and an allowance of up to $2,500 for expenses. For more information contact, David L. Smith, Dean of the Faculty, Hopkins Hall, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267. Kevin Michael Foster UT Austin African Diaspora Program in Anthropology, Convener, Association of Black Anthropologists Student Interest Group, VP for Administration, National Black Graduate Student Association http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~ifbs416/ Good Luck!!
Madiba. -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Surface and Interface Analysis and Reactivity Division ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 20:47:22 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Job Opennings at Home...Anybody ?? Message-ID: <9612100447.AA10424@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
Some of us will be heading back to the Motherland (after graduating) to serve in the Second Republic and beyond...so, It'll be appreciated very much if Job ads. from home are posted to the list. I do receive a few job ads. from friends, but the jobs are tenable only in the "WEST"...I'll pass them along regularly. Cheers, Madiba. -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Surface and Interface Analysis and Reactivity Division ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 10:04:00 +0300 From: BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> To: GAMBIA-L@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Subject: GENDER BASHING Message-ID: <30CA8660.60E8@QATAR.NET.QA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Debbie!! I do agree with you that gender bashing does not accomplish much and I have no doubt in my mind that all the women on this list are as intelligent as the men,if not more so.I can assure you that there was no intention whatsoever by this indulgence to reduce the status of women;I love and respect them very much for that.It is just that since I don't feel offended when women bash men for their foibles,I assume they too would not mind if we talk about their weaknesses.But if you feel otherwise,we might as well stop.But before stopping, I want to make one correction and that has nothing to do with gender bashing but more to do with the history of sex and sexuality ,namely the time that sex power started.It should not take too much reading of the dialogue that took place between Adam and Eve before consuming the forbidden fruit to know that the reason why Adam finally gave in was not mainly because of Eve's linguistic competence;indeed, there was more to it than that,esp. given the fact that GOD had been very unambiguous as what would happen if the couple violated the Cardinal Rule.So,I don't think you are correct in saying that sex power started after the violation and not before it.
Regards Basss!!! --=20 SZDD=88=F0'3Af=A8=03
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 11:12:18 -0800 From: Isatou B Kaira <kaiisa@hs.nki.no> To: GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Women Hazardous M Message-ID: <32ADB612.3814@nw-mail.hs.nki.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hei everyone, I'm really sorry if I offended anyone but I meant everything as a joke. I didn't see Mr Saidy's postings as anything but jokes. I had a good laugh about them and since I enjoyed them decided to send some as a joke too. As for me they were a good break after all the hard studying for my finals. I just thought everyone would see the jokes and not take it too serious.
Isatou.
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:06:26 -0500 (EST) From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Cc: msjaiteh@mtu.edu (Malanding S. Jaiteh) Subject: Re: *TOP 10 CRIMINALS BARRED FROM JAPAN (fwd) Message-ID: <199612101706.MAA07944@oak.ffr.mtu.edu> Content-Type: text
Francis I think you hit the nail on hte head. I just hope that the world would extend this newly found moral standard against the Mobutus of Africa. Perhaps it will help the millions of Africans who are either ill-fed or diseased because of their leaders siphoning their country's wealth to foreign bank accounts.
Malanding
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:35:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Cc: msjaiteh@mtu.edu (Malanding S. Jaiteh) Subject: Some questions!!! Message-ID: <199612101735.MAA07958@oak.ffr.mtu.edu> Content-Type: text
I have some questions on the state of non-govenmental gambian support of education in the Gambia. This is in regards to funding or support from individual gambians or gambian groups to schools or student. I understand that sometime ago in early 1990s a scholarship was set up in Armitage in the name of one Dr Lamin Sanneh(please correct me if I get details wrong). I am interested in knowing how many such scolarships are out there and in which schools? perhaps our colleagues going to the Gambia this christmas could help find out. Also are there any such funds organized by Gambians outside the Gambia (ie in the US or Europe)?
Also can someone send me contacts to the Gambia Foundation and the Science and Technology association. I know these are two different groups based in the south-east (US) although I don't know their names well.
Malanding Jaiteh
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:25:49 +0300 From: BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women Hazardous M Message-ID: <30CB181D.1AD2@QATAR.NET.QA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Isatou B Kaira wrote: >=20 > Hei everyone, > I'm really sorry if I offended anyone but I meant everything as a > joke. I didn't see Mr Saidy's postings as anything but jokes. I had a > good laugh about them and since I enjoyed them decided to send some as = a > joke too. As for me they were a good break after all the hard studying > for my finals. I just thought everyone would see the jokes and not take > it too serious. >=20 > Isatou.
ISATOU!! Don't worry about us ,the guys.I don't think any of us takes it as more than what it is:a joke.So, please keep up the good work down there;and I personally wish you luck in your exams.
Regards Bassss!! --=20 SZDD=88=F0'3Af=A8=03
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 21:27:30 +0000 From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: New member Message-ID: <19961210202724.AAA6556@LOCALNAME>
Gambia-l, Chris Foxwell has been added to the list and as a custom, we expect to have an introduction from him. Welcome to the Gambia-l Chris and please send an intro to the list.
Regards Momodou Camara ******************************************************* URL http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mcamara
**"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible"***
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:56:53 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <9612102156.AA08088@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
> Madiba, > > I think the jokes are funny. Pl.s include me in your personal list. > Enjoy your holiday in The Gambia. > > Adama Kah > The George Washington University > Office of The Vice President and Treasurer > 2121 I St., NW > Rice Hall, Suite 707 > Washington, D.C. 20052
Hi Adama,
Glad to know that you saw the postings as merely humor...Please send me your email address.
Cheers and God bless!!!
Madiba. -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Surface and Interface Analysis and Reactivity Division ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:11:57 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Open Positions with CARE International (fwd) Message-ID: <9612102211.AA04058@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
This was posted on another list to which I subscribe. Perhaps some of us may find it of value. Good luck! Madiba. > 1) CARE Mozambique is seeking a Project Manager for its third > microenterprise development program in Mozambique: > > The Project Manger is responsible for implementation of a microenterprise > development project in the urban and per-urban areas of Quelimane in the > coastal area of Zambezia Province in central Mozambique. The three-year > pilot project is divided into two 18-month phases which will begin with the > arrival of the Project manger in Mozambique. Funding for the second phase > of the project will depend on performance during the first phase. > > The project has two main objectives: > > Development of an urban and peri-urban savings and credit portfolio > centered on Quelimane town, targeted at micro and small traders. This is > intended to test the depth, extent and dynamism of emerging markets for > financial services, and their contribution to improved commodity markets for > food and cash crops. > Conduct at least two sub-sector studies of primary products from > coastal Zambezia to determine key interventions for the future (financial > and non-financial services), and primary zones for the delivery of a program > of savings and credit in an expanded second phase. > > Requirements: > BA/BS degree in business administration, economics, marketing or a related > field > Five years of practical experience in urban or rural financial services > programming > Excellent English language skills, strong preference given to > Portuguese/Spanish speakers > Competency in computer word processing and spreadsheet programs > Advanced coaching and mentoring skills > Small enterprise program development experience > Advanced organizational planning skills > ====================================================================== > 2) CARE Niger is seeking a Senior Project Advisor. > > The BRK is a credit bank, with a 1,000,000 USD loan portfolio, 11,000 > clients and 15 agencies. The BRK Senior Project Advisor guides the BRK > through the fourth phase of the BRK project: s/he advises the project > management and the Country Office on critical decisions and procedures, in > order to enhance the BRK's viability and autonomy as a separate financial > credit institution. > Responsibilities: > Co-design the independence process of the BRK, indicating process benchmarks > and identifying critical management issues. This process includes critical > steps to the "mutualisation" of the BRK. > Monitor BRK day-to-day activities in the head office and the credit agencies > in the field, advising project management and staff on possible improvements > in procedures, mechanisms and systems which enhance services, control and > performance. > Co-design and monitor information flow and relationships between Board of > Directors, clients, and BRK staff to ensure optimal awareness of management > and other issues. > Monitor the BRK business plan estimates and performance and advise project > management and CO management on significant issues. > Participate in the CO credit management committee, which is coordinating and > improving CO credit policies across projects. > REQUIREMENTS: 5-7 years experience related to project needs, Bachelor's > degree, fluency in French, excellent planning and budgeting skills, > appropriate accounting and financial management skills, fundraising > experience, computer literate, fluency in English. > > Please send resumes to: > Rachael Cogen > HR Coordinator > Southern/West Africa > cogen@care.org
-- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Surface and Interface Analysis and Reactivity Division ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:00:38 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Lyons <blyons@aed.aed.org> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.961210172936.25861B-100000@aed.aed.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
I have been reading this correspondence and I just can't keep from adding my two cents regardless of how pathetic the whole series of correspondences have been. But when three people insist that a joke is just a joke in the face of people who find the humor offensive I just can't help but saying something. If it were my house and someone offended a guest, regardless if it was intentional or not I would step in. I am sure others would do the same.
Based on previous thoughtful discussions I thought that the group had enough intellectual balance to consider that if some women find offensive and that possibly it could be offensive. (By the way the point is not whether the jokes are funny. No one cares about whether they are funny or not. The point is are they offensive.) At least it might be worthwhile to entertain that they might have a point. Especially since the majority of those agreeing that it is funny are male and might benefit from insight to the opposite sex from the eyes of the opposite sex.
I think I would be equally frustrated if a bunch of Nazi, KKK types broke into this group and started making racial jokes, which they may find as funny, but which may be offensive to hopefully everyone participating in this group. At first I thought the jokes were a simple mistake but as everyone started to jump on the bandwagon in support the submission or perpetuation the unbridal use of jokes that might be offensive to some has turned my concern into disbelief. Please have a little more courtesy.
I guess I wonder when there are million of jokes out there why some feel they can't live without ones that might be offensive to others? Why not just say okay they are offensive and move on. Rather than band together jokes that were not even all that funny at the expense of someone else. I love a good joke. Lets try to be more thoughtful about the ones we send around the group and work on a little more respect for each other.
Bayard Lyons "Sen de haklisin!" - Nasrettin Hoca "You are also right! - Nasrettin Hoca
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Madiba Saidy wrote:
> > Madiba, > > > > I think the jokes are funny. Pl.s include me in your personal list. > > Enjoy your holiday in The Gambia. > > > > Adama Kah > > The George Washington University > > Office of The Vice President and Treasurer > > 2121 I St., NW > > Rice Hall, Suite 707 > > Washington, D.C. 20052 > > Hi Adama, > > Glad to know that you saw the postings as merely humor...Please send me > your email address. > > Cheers and God bless!!! > > Madiba. > -- > ******************************************************************** > ** Madiba Saidy ** > ** Surface and Interface Analysis and Reactivity Division ** > ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** > ** University of British Columbia ** > ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** > ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** > ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** > ******************************************************************** >
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:03:31 -0600 From: Mustafa Marong <mbmarong@students.wisc.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <199612110102.TAA69788@humvee.doit.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
At 06:00 PM 12/10/96 -0500, you wrote: > >I have been reading this correspondence and I just can't keep from adding >my two cents regardless of how pathetic the whole series of >correspondences have been. But when three people insist that a joke is >just a joke in the face of people who find the humor offensive I just >can't help but saying something. If it were my house and someone offended >a guest, regardless if it was intentional or not I would step in. I am >sure others would do the same. > > Based on previous thoughtful >discussions I thought that the group had enough intellectual balance to >consider that if some women find offensive and that possibly it could be >offensive. (By the way the point is not whether the jokes are funny. No >one cares about whether they are funny or not. The point is are they >offensive.) > At least it might be worthwhile to entertain that they might have a point. > Especially since the majority of those agreeing that it is funny are >male and might >benefit from insight to the opposite sex from the eyes of the opposite sex. > > I think I would be equally frustrated if a bunch of Nazi, KKK types broke >into this group and started making racial jokes, which they may find as >funny, but which may be offensive to hopefully everyone participating in >this group. At first I thought the jokes were a simple mistake but as >everyone started to jump on the bandwagon in support the submission or >perpetuation the unbridal use of jokes that might >be offensive to some has turned my concern into disbelief. >Please have a little more courtesy. > >I guess I wonder when there are million of jokes out there why some >feel they can't live without ones that might be offensive to others? Why >not just say okay they are offensive and move on. Rather than band >together jokes that were not even all that funny at the expense of >someone else. I love a good joke. >Lets try to be more thoughtful about the ones we send around the group >and work on a little more respect for each other. > > >Bayard Lyons >"Sen de haklisin!" - Nasrettin Hoca >"You are also right! - Nasrettin Hoca > >
Bayard; Could you please decipher your "code" Sen de haklisin if it is not personal? I am itching to know what it means. Interesting what some may find worthy of their time in this time of all-nighters!!! Mostafa
> >> > Madiba, >> > >> > I think the jokes are funny. Pl.s include me in your personal list. >> > Enjoy your holiday in The Gambia. >> > >> > Adama Kah >> > The George Washington University >> > Office of The Vice President and Treasurer >> > 2121 I St., NW >> > Rice Hall, Suite 707 >> > Washington, D.C. 20052 >> >> Hi Adama, >> >> Glad to know that you saw the postings as merely humor...Please send me >> your email address. >> >> Cheers and God bless!!! >> >> Madiba. >> -- >> ******************************************************************** >> ** Madiba Saidy ** >> ** Surface and Interface Analysis and Reactivity Division ** >> ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** >> ** University of British Columbia ** >> ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** >> ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** >> ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** >> ******************************************************************** >> >
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:24:39 -0400 (AST) From: C_JAGNE@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: All African Student Conference Message-ID: <01ICV0CE36360079Y2@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
-Came across this while browsing the soc.culture.african newsgroup and thought it might be of interest to some.
Cho. ________________________________________________________________________ From: Dave McGill <mcgill@mit.edu> Subject: All African Student Conference Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 15:16:02 -0500 Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Reply-To: mcgill@mit.edu
10th Annual All African Students Conference &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
21st Century For the Future of Africa and African People ***********************************************************
The All African Student Conference Committee is soliciting papers for the 10th annual conference to be held May 16-18, 1997, at Temple University. Papers should provide a scholarly analysis of issues relating to the unification and global development of Africa and Solutions to problems facing African people as we move into the 21st century. A suggested list of sub-topics includes: * The Police, Prisons, and the Criminal Justice System * Racism, Discrimination, and the Neo-Conservative Movement * Political Boundaries * The African Petit-Bourgeoisie and the Neo-Colonial Elite * Economics: Empowerment of African Businesses * The IMF, World Bank, Multinationals, and the New World Order * Science and the 21st Century * Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources * Education: For What and for Whom? * Paradigms of Liberation * The Environment * Arts, Entertainment and Carnival: Who benefits? * The African Diaspora in the Future of the African Continent * Reparations and the 21st Century * Migration and Population Movements * Relationships between African People
However, this list is not exclusive; all papers which relate to the theme will be considered for presentation.
An abstract of at least one full page must be submitted by December 16, 1996. The deadline for submission of the final paper is February 3, 1997. The abstract should outline the primary arguments that will be addressed in the final paper.
All submissions should include a short biographical statement as well as an address, e-mail address, and a telephone number for contact purposes. Please send abstracts to: All African Student Conference c/o Khadijah Turner Department of African-American Studies Temple University 1115 West Berks Mall Gladfelter Hall, 8th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19122.
Abstracts may also be e-mailed to 3372KOT@vm.temple.edu ________________________________________________________________________
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 23:25:50 -0500 From: Andy Lyons <alyons@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961211042550.2df725a2@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I have recently gotten my web page on The Gambia back on line. While some parts of the site are definitely targeted to the returned Peace Corps volunteer community, there are a number of other resources that should appeal to anyone interested in The Gambia. These include:
- the 1996 TANGO directory of NGOs - downloadable Mandinka and Wollof dictionaries, grammar manuals, and databases - a demographic research paper on The Gambia - information for international students seeking merit-based scholarships for undergraduate study in the US - some photographs from different areas in The Gambia - Gambian recipees - links to other Gambia/African resources on the internet I am always soliciting feedback and suggestions for the page, and would be interested in receiving comments from members of this list. I am also looking for contributions to improve certain sections of the web page. In particular, the Gambian recipee section is pretty sparse, and I am also looking for more links to other Gambian related web sites and other internet resources. (On a side note, GAMBIA-L is not currently listed in the resource section, but I'd be happy to add it if our administrators are interested and inform me how they'd like it described.)
Two other sections of the web page that I have just started working on are an annotated bibliography, and a tourism information section.
The annotated bibliography section will be a list of published materials on The Gambia. It will be divided into sections for general books about The Gambia, books by Gambian authors, and articles from magazines and academic journals. Each item in the bibliography will have the usual citation information as well an abstract or short description. This section is targeted particularly towards students doing research and others seeking information on specific aspects of The Gambia.
The tourism information section will basically be an address list of tour operators offering excursions to The Gambia, as well as contact information for individual hotels and other businesses offering tourist services in The Gambia. This section obviously is targeted for potential tourists.
I need a lot of help on collecting information for both the annotated bibliography section and tourism information section, if these are to develop into anything very useful. If anyone knows of appropriate material for either of these sections, please let me know. I have very little so far, and would be grateful for any suggestions. Likewise if this kind of material already exists elsewhere in print or on the internet, I'd appreciate hearing about it.
The page can currently be found at: http://grove.ufl.edu/~alyons
I'm going to send the URL to Yahoo and the other major search engines in the next few weeks. So hopefully it should start appearing in keyword search results within the next month or two.
Please send comments concerning this web site to me individually at alyons@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu.
Thanks.
Andy Lyons
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 02:28:04 -0500 From: MJawara@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page Message-ID: <961211022804_775287415@emout14.mail.aol.com>
Thanks Andy...I saw the arch during my recent visit to The Gambia.For those interested here's an opportunity to see the 22 Arch.2million dollar project.This is a conservative figure and doesn't include the maintenence.Is it not ironical that the government doesn't have money to finance the elections, hence the reason parliamentary candidates are required to pay 5000 dalasis.No wonder, the APRC can afford to contest in ALL the constituencies.
REMINDER : CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY.. ( HOST ) Gambia Support Group FEATURING : great music, complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Cash bar for alcoholic beverages ( bar open from 8:30pm to 1:00am ) $10 cover charge and proper attire required. Don't miss an evening of great entertainment and ambiance....All happening at the Marriott Hotel in Gaithersburg, Maryland. DIRECTIONS : Take I-495 West to 270 North.Take Exit 9B at Sam Eig Highway West. Then turn left onto Fields Road, and left again onto Rio Blvd.; which becomes Washington Blvd.Pass the Rio Entertaiment complex and turn left into the Hotel entrance. For more info. contact, Mjawara@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 09:11:17 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Lyons <blyons@aed.aed.org> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Women's Hazardous Materials Sheet Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.961211090302.19433C-100000@aed.aed.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Mostafa inquired about my quote "Sen de haklisin!" This is a line from one of the famous stories about a Turkish folk hero named Nasrettin (Nasreddin) Hoca. "Sen de haklisin!" is turkish meaning - "You are also right!" Nasrettin Hoca tales are wonderful and I highly recommend them. Considering UNESCO has designated 1996-1997 the year of Nasrettin Hoca getting hold of a collection of some of these tales in english might not be all that difficult.
Hope this helps Mostafa.
Bayard Lyons "Sen de haklisin!" - Nasrettin Hoca "You are also right! - Nasrettin Hoca
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 09:33:26 -0800 (PST) From: Debbie Proctor <proctord@u.washington.edu> To: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: FYI Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95c.961211092843.3587C-100000@carson.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
(From Herb Caen's column in the San Francisco Chronicle)
A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured their speed using radar and photographed their car. They later received in the mail a ticket for $40, and a photo of their car. Instead of payment, they sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, they received a letter from the police department that contained another picture -- of handcuffs.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Debbie Proctor, Administrator U of W Conference Housing (206) 543-8443 McCarty Hall, Box 354471 (206) 543-4094 Seattle, Wa. 98l95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:33:56 -0500 From: TSaidy1050@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Denying some people the right to seek medical care abroad. Message-ID: <961211123354_2051263996@emout15.mail.aol.com>
Ndey,
For some reason I had the feeling that you were referring to Omar Sey when i first saw your posting. Following the coup in 1994, Omar Sey and other Ministers of the former government were detained for a short while and later released. However, because they had to testify in the Commissions of Enquiry, their travel documents were seized and they were required to have clearance before they could leave the country. This was done at the time as a precautionary measure to stop some of them from running away.
Omar Sey was denied permission to travel for two major reasons. First his illness was not life threatening at the time, and secondly he could not convince the Commission that he will come back to after his treatment. Normally if one’s illness is grave, the person will be given a permission to travel for medical treatment. A case in point is that Oudou Njie of the former N.I.B.; he was given permission to travel after his accident when it was determined that he needs urgent medical attentions that cannot be given to him in The Gambia. There are also some who were given permission to travel and they never came back to face the Commission.
It is unfortunate that things like this took place, but believe me, if Mr. Omar Sey’s condition was life threatening, he would have been allowed to travel overseas for medical treatment. It was nothing against Omar Sey or his family, these were just save guards in the system.
Peace Tombong
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:44:23 -0500 From: KTouray@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: A miscarriage of justice Message-ID: <961211134422_1120272772@emout19.mail.aol.com>
Major Pa Chongan has been wallowing in jail ever since the the successful coup of president Yahya Jammeh a couple of years ago. He is allegedly charged for putting up an armed resistance to thwart the the advance of then captain jammeh and his band in their thrust to capture the state house. As commander of a tactical unit charged with executive protection he is believed to have been the last line of defence who had to be neutralised for the coup plotters to proceed with what has been an incredibly smooth revolution . It is alleged that he vehemently resisted the desire of the coup plotters to go across Denton bridge and warned them that failure to adhere to his orders to retreat may result in a bloodbath as he was going to instruct his men to shoot. Tensions infact escalated and shots were fired but the coup plotters prevailed and marched triumphantly to the capital culminating one of the most fantastic ascencion to power in modern times. Most of us gladly welcomed the dislodging of an ineffective regime even though the circumstances were not as desirable.
Upon consolidating power those who were perceived to be threats were promptly rounded up including mr chongan. At the time it was the rational thing to do because foremost on the priority of people who have effected changes as big as they did was to stabilise the situation and thus assure the nation that authority rested in the hands of those who brought change. The methods employed to detain these suspects were rash and unjustified but necessary for stability.
What is indefensible however is the continued incarceration of those detainees who were primarily rounded up for security reasons. Sure the government has long since come up with more charges against some of these individuals and in mr chongans case alleging misuse of funds .Even if these charges have some merit in them mr chongan ought to be allowed to face them as a free citizen as he is no longer a threat to the now well established regime of President Jammeh. I do not believe Mr chongan can ever be proscuted in any court of law for attempting to thwart the advance of what he perceived to be a band of mutinous thugs .He was sworn to uphold the laws of the time and was hence justified in doing his best under very difficult circumstances. In fact we as a nation we should be very worried if the people we entrust with our national defence easily acquiesce to smooth talking revolutionaries because it would mean law and order in THe Gambia is not an established institution as in any nation worthy of it's name.
As commander in chief the President has a right to purge the armed forces of those he does not have full confidence in and i will gladly submit that mr chongan fits that category at this time even though he and the nation has invested considerable time and resources to turn him into a professional soldier. If the government has anyother complaint outside the security realm that they wish to pursue it needs to be done in a different setting. But by attempting to stitch together allegations that are blatantly design to punish him for upholding constitutional law to those relating to alleged misconduct in office , the gov't has proven itself to be vindictive rather an instution conducting a fair enquiry.
Mr Chongan has a young family from whom he has been plucked for too long. He is in jail for actions he needn't appologise for much less serve time. He probably deserves a reprieve from the job he loves for not being a team player to the revolutionaries. It is a tragedy that this fine man would continue to wallow in jail until at such time that his principal jailer the President of a peace and justice loving nation decides that he is deserving of his pardon. It is wrong and a terrible miscarraige of justice.
Karamba Touray
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:47:38 -0500 (EST) From: Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: 96L11026.html Message-ID: <01ICVWKQBK5E000YGK@PSTCC6.PSTCC.CC.TN.US> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
Panafrican News Agency News Stories | Environment | Economics | Science and Health | Sports | Africa Press Review Copyright 1996 Panafrican News Agency and Africa News Service. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed, posted to any other location, published or used for broadcast without written authorization from the Panafrican News Agency. B.P. 4056, Dakar, Senegal. Tel: (221) 24-13-95 | Fax: (221) 24-13-90 | E-mail: quoiset@sonatel.senet.net 11 Dec 96 - Science & Health Bulletin: Africa-Hepatatis Gambia Has 100 Percent Hepatitis Vaccination Cover From Peter Masebu; PANA Staff Correspondent DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambia has managed a 100-percent hepatitis B vaccination cover of all its children within a decade, PANA has learnt. At the just-ended 6th working group meeting of the Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI), the Gambia was mentioned, together with Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland as states that had succeeded in "sustaining hep B immunization within the EPI" (Expanded Programme on Immunization). The hepatitis B vaccine was originally developed to respond to the very high incidence of primary liver cancer in developing countries as a result of chronic infection with the hepatatis B virus. Asked to explain how the Gambia had managed such a high hepatitis B vaccination cover, Dr Abdloulie Jack of Gambia's Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, said the smallness of the country's population was a factor. "However, if we managed to do it, other countries can do it as well provided there is stringent management of the resources available, including cold chain systems, doses, vehicles and logistics," he told PANA in Dakar. According to Jack, all African countries have the potential of attaining high hepatitis B vaccination cover once this is made part and parcel of the primary health care system. The poor management of vaccination programme resources among African countries was denounced by the World Health Organization regional director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba. "In some countries, it is not surprising to find EPI vehicles being used to ferry fish," said Samba, who regretted that the massive international funding towards African vaccination programmes had not been matched with results. Lack of funds and the reluctance of funding agencies to fund hepatitis B programmes were cited as reasons for lack of progress in other states, although 74 countries have included hepatitis B vaccine within their EPI. According to Dr Peter Ndumbe of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Studies at Yaounde University, Cameroon, funding agencies opted to give priority to poor countries that showed sustainable immunization programmes against the other diseases. He said that besides inadequate funding for hepatitis B, there have also been problems in mobilising resources for combating yellow fever, whose resurgence has been observed in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past five years. In a paper entitled " New Approaches To Vaccine Introduction," he noted that 31 West, Central and Eastern African states "are at risk of the urban and jungle cycles of epidemic and endemic yellow fever." Yellow fever outbreaks were reported from Sierra Leone and Benin in 1996, he said, adding that in the later, 60 percent of the children who died "had been fully immunised with the six routine EPI vaccines." To deal with the problem of inadequate funding for EPI, another document presented at the CVI meeting in Dakar urged governments to establish separate budget lines for vaccination programmes. It also called on donors to direct their resources towards the vaccine independence initiative, to reduce dependency on external funds. _________________________________________________________________ AFRICA NEWS Home Page | AFRICA NEWS CENTRAL | The Nando Times
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 96 13:42:05 -0600 From: Francis Njie <francis_njie@il.us.swissbank.com> To: alyons@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu, at137@columbia.edu Cc: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page Message-ID: <9612111942.AA00473@new_delhi> Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3risc v124.8483.5) Content-Type: text/plain
Andy, Abdou...
I will be setting up an Internet server at home (i.e. my apartment) in January. It will use an untimed account with a local ISP and will be accessible around the clock. I meant to get it up and running before the holidays but I've been swamped at work.
Anyway, my account with the ISP will feature a web page and I certainly will have a link to Andy's page.
I have been thinking of approaching Gambian publishers with the possibility of featuring their content on my page... since I don't get a sense that anyone is terribly interested in having the publications on the web.
A visitor authentication scheme can be easily implemented to ensure that only subscribers to the publications have access to publication content. I have yet to find possible ways of forbidding the copying/mailing of publication content from a browser. In any case, subscriber authentication is a step up from any other option.
Abdou, since you are visiting the Gambia this Christmas, I would appreciate your running this idea by the publishers on at least my behalf. A more detailed description of how this idea would work follows in my "PS" note below. When we eventually set up an online Gambian publication page on the web, we will send Andy the URL so he could have a link to the Gambian publication page also.
That would be it for the web page on my account with the ISP. Now to the server I will be setting up...
The server will feature an IRC channel so that anyone on GAMBIA-L could chat (or argue) with fellow GAMBIA-L subscribers... as long as they have access to IRC...
I would like the server to also feature a bulletin board for GAMBIA-L, so that subscribers to the list would no longer be bothered with numerous e-mail messages... as long as they have Usenet-type readers. I would need the permission of the GAMBIA-L administrators for this...
Andy, a link to www.un.org might be worthwhile, if you do not already have one. There is also http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/auncharter.html if one wants to view the entire UN Charter in a single page.
- Francis
PS: Abdou, please let me know what you think of the following. Please make a copy of it and show it to the publishers when you get to the Gambia... if you are willing to run my idea by them. (I believe I should and will write a letter also and send it to you via e-mail.) I'd really appreciate it. Thanks...
MAKING THE IDEA OF WEB-BASED GAMBIAN PUBLICATIONS WORK (1) SECURITY The web site would be able to authenticate subscribers before letting them view the content. Furthermore, there is the possibility that some way could be found (using Java) to prevent the copying/mailing of publication content. Given that the latter security scheme is possible, the on-line publication would be at least as good as their print version.
(2) CONTENT The web site would feature full publication content (both graphics and text). We could literally reproduce the print versions of the publications on-line.
The publishers would just have to e-mail me the text in ascii format and the images in an agreed upon image format. I would imagine that there is at least one image scanner in the Gambia (??) to convert photos from print to digital format. The publishers could also specify the layout of the print version of the particular publication issue in ascii and e-mail it to me, to ensure that the on-line version is identical to the print version in layout.
(3) ACCOUNTING The publishers would choose a trusted representative or a few representatives in the US to handle the accounts of subscribers. Their representative would have a list of subscribers which he/she would e-mail me, allowing me to update the web site accordingly. The representative would also send me e-mail everytime an update is required for new subscriptions, subscribers requesting to be taken off the subscription list, etc.
(4) OPPORTUNITIES We could place an advertisment for the web site on appropriate publications to gain new subscribers. I edited and wrote for an African publication in college and probably could get free ad space on it.
Once the web site's hit rate is high enough (I don't know what "high enough" is at this time), we could try to solicit advertisements from businesses in the U.S. and abroad looking to reach Gambians and other sub-Saharan Africans. This could be a whole new business niche for Gambian publishers.
(5) COSTS I am willing to do this for free just to get it off the ground.
Ideally, interested netters would make contributions towards a ".org" account with a local ISP. We could have our on-line publications on this "shared" account instead of my personal account. Until then, I am volunteering my personal account.
(6) TIME I can get the web site up and running with an unanimated (boring) web page in a few days. A more dynamic web page using the power of CGI would probably require a couple of weeks.
Provided that the publishers' e-mail messages of publication content are specific enough in terms of layout, I do not see formatting a publication issue in HTML taking any more than a couple of hours. I probably could also enlist the help of other trusted Gambian netters (probably the publishers' representatives mentioned above) in formatting the content-- I would e-mail them the content, they would format it using HTML and would e-mail me the web-ready document. I doubt that we would have to resort to the latter however.
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:48:59 GMT+1 From: "Famara A. Sanyang" <famaraas@amadeus.cmi.no> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: radio Zagreb Message-ID: <4E42AB41B0F@amadeus.cmi.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable
> > > > Dear Friends: > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Please help save Radio 101 in Zagreb, Croatia from bei= ng > > >>> >> canceled!!! Just add your name to the list and send the messa= ge to > > >>> >> everyone you know. > > >>> >> > > >>> >> This message is brought to you by the letter "H" (for = help) > > >>> >> and the number "1,000,000" (for the number of names = we want to > > >>> >> sign). > > >>> >> > > >>> >> THANK YOU. > > >>> >> __________________________________________ > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Save RADIO 101 from being cancelled!!!!!! > > >>> >> > > >>> >> This is a petition to save Radio 101 in Zagreb, Croati= a. ALL > > >>> >> YOU DO IS ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LIST AT THE BOTTOM, then forwar= d it to > > >>> >> everyone you know. > > >>> >> > > >>> >> The only time you send it to the included address is i= f > > >>> >> you are the 50th,100th, etc. Send it on to everyone yo= u > > >>> >> know. > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Croatian "democratic" goverment belives that this radi= o station > > >>> >> is dealing against state, while this is the ONLY station left = which is > > >>> >> dealing with democratic information in Croatia! > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Please add your name to this list if you believe in what we > > >>> >> stand for. > > >>> >> > > >>> >> This list will be forwarded to the Goverment of the Re= public > > >>> >> Croatia! > > >>> >> > > >>> >> If you happen to be the 50th, 100th, 150th, etc. signe= r of > > >>> >> this petition, please forward to: > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> root@r101.com.hr > > >>> >> > > >>> >> and > > >>> >> > > >>> >> www-admin@vlada.hr > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> This way we can keep track of the lists and organize t= hem. > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Forward this to everyone you know, and help us to keep > > >>> >> this radio station ALIVE!. > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Thank you. > > >>> >> > > >>> >> ------------------------------------ > > >>> >> > > >>> >> SIGNATURES > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> 1. Drago Markovic, Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> >> 2. Sanda Petris, Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> >> 3. Antun Sunjic, Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> >> 4. Maja Dawidowsky, Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> >> 5. Maja Vickovic, Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> >> 6. Ivan Markovic, Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> >> 7. Arne Breznjak, > > >>> >> 8. Goran Alempijevic, Cakovec, Croatia > > >>> > 9. Marin Bjelis , Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> > 10. Koraljka Rade, Zagreb, Croatia > > >>> > 11. Kristina Durkic, Pozega, Croatia > > >>> 12. Rolf Brudvik Edvardsen, Bergen, Norway > > >> 13. Knut Vatnestroem, Trondheim, Norway > > >> 14. Christian Stephansen, Trondheim, Norway > > >> 15. Thomas Tveit Rosenlund, Trondheim, Norway > > >> 16. Joern Oelmheim, Trondheim, Norway > > >> 17. Nils Erik Dahle, Trondheim, Norway > > >> 18. Haakon Knudsen, Trondheim, Norway > > > 19. Even Gran, Trondheim, Norway > > > 20. Helle Hartmann, Trondheim, Norway > > > 21. Hege H Spj=F8tvold, Trondheim, Norway > > > 22. Hans Petter Horsgaard, Trondheim, Norway > > > 23. Endre Jo Reite, Trondheim, Norway > > > 24. Per Kristian Norddal, Trondheim, Norway > > > 25. Kari Skogstad, Trondheim, Norway > > > 26. Frode Lilledahl, Trondheim, Norway > > > 27. Vemund Aarstrand, Oslo, Norway > > 28. Jan Broegger, Bergen, Norway > > 29. Pia Farstad, Bergen, Norway > > 30. Alfred E. Heggestad, Bergen, Norway > > 31. Morten Nesje, Trondheim, Norway > 32. Hanne Saele, Trondheim, Norway > 33. Henrik Holm, Trondheim, Norway 34. Stig Krogstad, Oslo, Norway 35. Ingvill St=F8rksen, Bergen, Norway
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:28:08 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Rights Group Slams Major Powers for Hypocrisy (fwd)!! Message-ID: <9612112228.AA15318@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The Clinton administration and other major powers put profits ahead of human rights, weakening efforts to stop offenses around the world this year, a U.S. human rights group charged Wednesday. But the group, Human Rights Watch, credited growing consumer aversion to products made under harsh labor conditions for helping to counter the trend. In its "World Report 1997," the group slammed governments and organizations, including the United States, Japan, the European Union, and the World Bank, for claiming that their trade and political policies would eventually bolster human rights in countries like China, Bosnia and Russia. "The most disturbing trend that we saw in the last year was that the major powers repeatedly deferred the immediate promotion of human rights in the name of often dubious long-term strategies," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of the group. "While quite willing to exert economic pressure in the name of human rights on poor states like Burundi, Cuba, Libya, or Sudan, they acquiesced in abuses by economically attractive countries like China, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria , and Saudi Arabia," the group said in its seventh annual report, which covered human rights developments in 74 countries. Roth singled out the Clinton administration for failing to use its leverage on trade issues with China to spur Beijing to release political dissidents and religious activists. "The Clinton administration simply collapsed," he said. "Chinese officials were given every reason to conclude that for the rest of the world, access to Chinese markets far outweighs concern for the rights of Chinese citizens." In Bosnia, the report slammed Washington and the European Union for dropping their pursuit of war criminals and endorsing "seriously compromised" elections. "The major powers squandered a historic opportunity to create an international system of justice for the most culpable human rights abuses," Roth said, referring to Bosnia and Rwanda. In Russia, atrocities in Chechnya went unchecked, the group said. "Instead, at the height of Russia's renewed slaughter of civilians in Chechnya, the Council of Europe ignored its own human rights standards to admit Russia as a member, and the International Monetary Fund awarded Russia a $10 billion loan." In the Middle East, the Clinton administration tolerated arbitrary arrests by the Palestinian and Israeli authorities and Syrian repression of dissidents in order to save the peace process, the report said. But it added that the human rights abuses themselves created an air of mistrust that undermined peace talks. Human Rights Watch hailed positive steps in several countries, including South Korea, South Africa, India and Guatemala, where governments brought people to justice for the first time for abuses committed by officials in the past. The most favorable trend was in consumer pressure on companies that used sweatshops and child workers or damaged the environment, Roth said. The best responses came from the apparel industry, where brand name image was essential, he said, pointing to Levi Strauss and Co and Liz Claiborne as examples. Oil and minerals companies had been less willing to change. Because of the impact of consumers, Human Rights Watch is now putting significant effort into investigating human rights practices of multinationals around the world, including French oil giant Total and U.S.-based Unocal, which are working on a gas pipeline in Burma, British Petroleum in Colombia, and Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria, Roth said. ----------------------------- Commentary !! On whose authority does human right watch act. They seem not to be as effective to most of us. Whether it is a diversive front for more unnecessary diplomacy..another layer of red-tape to give the impression that things are actually being done. They are yet to produce results. Cheers,
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Date: 11 Dec 1996 22:14:11 GMT From: momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: FWD: African Diplomats Queue Up to Replace Boutros Ghali/UPDATE Message-ID: <278786014.7739673@inform-bbs.dk>
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*** 10-Dec-96 ***
UNITED NATIONS: African Diplomats Queue Up to Replace Boutros- Ghali /UPDATE/
by Farhan Haq
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 (IPS) - African diplomats are rushing to submit their candidacies to replace U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in advance of a Security Council vote to anoint a successor expected for Tuesday.
Italian Ambassador Francesco Paolo Fulci, current president of the 15-nation Security Council, confirmed that four diplomats have formally filed their candidacies to replace the Egyptian incumbent.
The new candidates are Under-Secretary-General Kofi Annan of Ghana, Islamic Conference Secretary-General Hamid Algabid of Niger, former U.N. envoy Ahmedou Ould Abdallah of Mauritania, and Cote d'Ivoire's foreign minister, Amara Essy.
Several other diplomats are waiting in the wings, although none stepped forward on Monday to announce a formal candidacy.
Senegalese President Abdou Diouf declared Friday that his country will sponsor its foreign minister, Moustapha Niasse. Two longtime U.N. officials -- Habitat Secretary-General Wally N'Dow of Gambia and current Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim of Tanzania -- are also preparing for runs that have yet to be announced.
Another contender, Nigerian U.N. Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari, is also gathering support, with some officials here saying he may be one of the few Africans able to conquer regional and linguistic differences to become the candidate of all Africa. But Gambari is hobbled by the diplomatic isolation of Nigeria's current dictatorship, the officials add.
Many of the other candidates also face daunting challenges in their hope to succeed Boutros-Ghali. And Boutros-Ghali remains in the picture, although he suspended his own candidacy last Wednesday after the United States maintained that it would veto him from another term.
The only thing that is certain for now is that the only choices up for consideration will be Africans, in deference to Africa's wish to maintain the top U.N. post for two consecutive terms. Even that may be uncertain if Africans fail to unify behind a strong candidate soon, U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright has warned.
For now, however, the United States faces a central irony: To get rid of Boutros-Ghali, whom Washington blames is slow to implement U.N. reforms, the U.S. government may have to accept alternatives who are just as troublesome for its interests.
At the top of that list is Salim, who is expected to be nominated by his home country, Tanzania, this week. South African First Deputy President Thabo Mbeki said that his country would back Salim if Boutros-Ghali drops out, and Salim is expected to win backing from all the southern African delegates.
African diplomats confide that the OAU chief would easily be the most popular of all the candidates among Africans. Salim, who has previously been Tanzania's ambassador to China and Cuba, has long established his credentials among non-aligned and socialist states. He won plaudits from Beijing for helping to engineer the People's Republic's membership in the United Nations in 1971, at the expense of Taiwan.
For those same reasons, however, Salim is viewed by Washington as too independent, and the U.S. government in fact repeatedly vetoed his ascension to the U.N. top spot 15 years ago. ''Salim could possibly get the most votes in a 'straw poll' of candidates, but the United States could still veto him there,'' one Security Council diplomat told IPS.
When the Council picks its choices next week, the candidates will likely face several rounds of straw polls in which the members secretly indicate the level of support for each one. But the top contenders are also expected to be voted on in individual secret ballots in which the five veto-wielding permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- can block the candidates they do not want.
Similarly, Moustapha Niasse is almost certain to be blocked by China, because Senegal maintains diplomatic relations, not with the People's Republic, but with Taiwan.
Many others combine lukewarm support with enough political negatives to make them long shots. Algabid's leadership of the Islamic Conference likely will make him unpalatable to most Western powers, who have never previously selected a Muslim as secretary-general.
Annan, a career U.N. staffer who has risen through the ranks since 1962, is said by some Africans privately to lack understanding of specific African concerns, while reports of U.S. support for his candidacy have hurt him.
Meanwhile, France, which has been firmly behind Boutros- Ghali, is adamant that any secretary-general be a French- speaking African, giving a nudge to Ould Abdallah, until recently the widely respected U.N. envoy to Burundi, and to Essy, who was president of the U.N. General Assembly in 1994.
But, as one senior U.N. official told IPS on condition of anonymity, Essy ''is really something of a lightweight -- one can't think of anything he has accomplished.''
Ould Abdallah might be hurt because the predominantly Arab leadership of his country, Mauritania, repeatedly has been accused of maintaining slavery among its black population.
Ultimately, the U.N. official said, the central problem among all the candidates is that few figure to be as effective as Boutros-Ghali, despite all his faults. ''Whether you agree with him or not, there was never any doubting that Boutros-Ghali was intelligent and on top of every situation,'' the official argued.
By contrast, he contended, most of the current alternatives are merely administrators with little record of independent leadership.
Then again, that is the evaluation that U.S. diplomats had of Boutros-Ghali when they grudgingly accepted him to replace Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar in 1991.
In the five years since then, U.N. efforts in Bosnia, Somalia, and Rwanda, has forced U.S. President Bill Clinton to fend off charges that the U.N. chief was exercising too much leadership, while opposition Republicans vowed never to contribute U.S. troops to U.N. peacekeeping. (end/ips/fah/aa/yjc/jm/96)
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 15:00:11 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Nigeria may play France in stadium's inaugural match (fwd)!! Message-ID: <9612112300.AA12700@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
> PARIS (Dec 10, 1996 - 11:24 EST) - Olympic champions Nigeria could play > France when the 1998 World Cup hosts inaugurate their new national > stadium at Saint-Denis six months before the finals. > > Nigeria are favourites to play the friendly against France at Saint-Denis > on the outskirts of Paris in January 1998, sources close to the World Cup > organising committee headed by Michel Platini said.. > > World champions Brazil, Italy and England have been ruled out as > opponents in the friendly as they are taking part with the hosts in a > four-team World Cup dress rehearsal next June. > > Germany appear to have difficulties fitting such a match into their > calendar, while Spain are also being lined up as possible guests. > > -- the Nigerian Soccer page : http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~zcecm34/naijasoc.htm The more laws and order are made prominent, Love is undivided and the more thieves and robbers there will be. spaceless. - Lao Tsu - Kahil Gibran Cheers,
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:40:55 -0500 From: TSaidy1050@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Denying some people the right to seek medical care abroad. Message-ID: <961212054054_1619026190@emout20.mail.aol.com>
Ndey,
By the way Mr. Omar Sey is presently in London for a three weeks visit. After all we are not the monster you made us to be.
Peace Tombong
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 06:29:11 -0500 From: TSaidy1050@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: HOMECOMING TRIP, DECEMBER 18, 1996 Message-ID: <961212062910_1819448613@emout13.mail.aol.com>
Gambia-l,
There is a Gambian in Sweden by the name of Alpha Ceesay who is organising a chartered flight to Banjul from London for the Christmas holidays. The flight leaves London on Wednesday, December 18, and returns from Banjul Wednesday, January 8, 1997. The ticket price is very reasonable. Alpha is also organising a flight for the ‘ROOTS’ FESTIVAL, JUNE 14-JUNE 21, 1997. The details of the flight are:
HOMECOMING 18TH DECEMBER ’96.
LGW---BJL DEPART: 18TH DEC. 96 DEP: 09:15 ARR: TIME 15:10
BJL---LGW DEPART: 18TH DEC. 96 DEP: 16:10 ARR: TIME 22:00
LGW---BJL RETURN: 8TH JAN. 97 DEP: 09:15 ARR: TIME 15:10
BJL---LGW DEPART: 8TH JAN. 97 DEP: 16:10 ARR: TIME 22:00
CONTACT PERSONS:
LONDON Mrs KURA NJIE TEL. HOME: 44-181-514-7166 TEL. OFFICE: 44-181-514-4472 FAX: 44-181-514-6863
SWEDEN Mr. ALPHA CEESAY/FATIMA TEL: 46-8-33-63-00 FAX: 468-33-31-99
Please pass the word around; it is a great initiative and needs our support. Lets support Gambian businesses.
PEACE
TOMBONG
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 96 15:08:04 GMT From: mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng.) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu (The Gambia And Related Issues Mailing List) Subject: Gambia Has 100 Percent Hepatitis Vaccination Cover. Message-ID: <M.121296.160804.36@globip70.image.dk>
Copyright 1996 Panafrican News Agency and Africa News Service. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed, posted to any other location, published or used for broadcast without written authorization from the Panafrican News Agency. B.P. 4056, Dakar, Senegal. Tel: (221) 24-13-95 | Fax: (221) 24-13-90 | E-mail: quoiset@sonatel.senet.net
11 Dec 96 - Science & Health Bulletin: Africa-Hepatatis
Gambia Has 100 Percent Hepatitis Vaccination Cover
>From Peter Masebu; PANA Staff Correspondent
DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambia has managed a 100-percent hepatitis B vaccination cover of all its children within a decade, PANA has learnt. At the just-ended 6th working group meeting of the Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI), the Gambia was mentioned, together with Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland as states that had succeeded in "sustaining hep B immunization within the EPI" (Expanded Programme on Immunization). The hepatitis B vaccine was originally developed to respond to the very high incidence of primary liver cancer in developing countries as a result of chronic infection with the hepatatis B virus. Asked to explain how the Gambia had managed such a high hepatitis B vaccination cover, Dr Abdloulie Jack of Gambia's Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, said the smallness of the country's population was a factor. "However, if we managed to do it, other countries can do it as well provided there is stringent management of the resources available, including cold chain systems, doses, vehicles and logistics," he told PANA in Dakar. According to Jack, all African countries have the potential of attaining high hepatitis B vaccination cover once this is made part and parcel of the primary health care system. The poor management of vaccination programme resources among African countries was denounced by the World Health Organization regional director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba. "In some countries, it is not surprising to find EPI vehicles being used to ferry fish," said Samba, who regretted that the massive international funding towards African vaccination programmes had not been matched with results. Lack of funds and the reluctance of funding agencies to fund hepatitis B programmes were cited as reasons for lack of progress in other states, although 74 countries have included hepatitis B vaccine within their EPI. According to Dr Peter Ndumbe of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Studies at Yaounde University, Cameroon, funding agencies opted to give priority to poor countries that showed sustainable immunization programmes against the other diseases. He said that besides inadequate funding for hepatitis B, there have also been problems in mobilising resources for combating yellow fever, whose resurgence has been observed in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past five years. In a paper entitled " New Approaches To Vaccine Introduction," he noted that 31 West, Central and Eastern African states "are at risk of the urban and jungle cycles of epidemic and endemic yellow fever." Yellow fever outbreaks were reported from Sierra Leone and Benin in 1996, he said, adding that in the later, 60 percent of the children who died "had been fully immunised with the six routine EPI vaccines." To deal with the problem of inadequate funding for EPI, another document presented at the CVI meeting in Dakar urged governments to establish separate budget lines for vaccination programmes. It also called on donors to direct their resources towards the vaccine independence initiative, to reduce dependency on external funds.
AFRICA NEWS Home Page | AFRICA NEWS CENTRAL | The Nando Times ---- Matarr M. Jeng mmjeng@image.dk OR mmjeng@inform-bbs.dk
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 96 19:04:33 GMT From: mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng.) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu (The Gambia And Related Issues Mailing List) Subject: Re: Gambia Has 100 Percent Hepatits Vaccination Cover Message-ID: <M.121296.200433.21@globip37.image.dk>
Hej Gambia-L Sorry for posting the above subject which has already been posted. It`s not because of time difference but because of lack of time to go through all the mails pouring in. Sorry for the extra space. Greetings. ---- Matarr M. Jeng mmjeng@image.dk OR mmjeng@inform-bbs.dk
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Date: 12 Dec 96 14:52:30 EST From: "Dr. S. G. Kamara" <73244.2701@CompuServe.COM> To: GAMBIA-L <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Computer virus Message-ID: <961212195230_73244.2701_FHO65-2@CompuServe.COM>
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: "Dalton M'cormack", INTERNET:daltonm@ifi.uib.no TO: Multiple recipients of list LEONENET, INTERNET:LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU DATE: 12/12/96 7:25 AM
RE: Computer virus
Sender: owner-leonenet@mitvma.mit.edu Received: from vms.dc.lsoft.com (vms.dc.lsoft.com [206.241.12.2]) by hil-img-5.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id HAA07229; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 07:24:11 -0500 Received: from vms.dc.lsoft.com by vms.dc.lsoft.com (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <15.EBE6786B@vms.dc.lsoft.com>; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 7:24:06 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 6933 for LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 07:22:56 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2b/1.8b) with BSMTP id 8363; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 07:22:29 -0500 Received: from elg.ifi.uib.no by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Thu, 12 Dec 96 07:22:27 EST Received: from pd-master-06 ([129.177.34.156]) by elg.ifi.uib.no with SMTP id AA28141 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>); Thu, 12 Dec 1996 13:22:15 +0100 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (WinNT; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <32B007D0.4155@ifi.uib.no> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 14:25:36 +0100 Reply-To: daltonm@ifi.uib.no Sender: A Discussion of Sierra Leonean Issues <LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> From: "Dalton M'cormack" <daltonm@ifi.uib.no> Subject: Computer virus To: Multiple recipients of list LEONENET <LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
VIRUS ALERT!
VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ!
There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT read the message, DELETE it immediately!
Some miscreant is sending email under the title "Deeyenda" nationwide, if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterates anything on it. Please be careful and forward this e-mail to anyone you care about.
Please read the message below.
OFFICE MEMO update to VIRUS ALERT!
The Internet community has again been plagued by another computer virus. This message is being spread throughout the Internet, including USENET posting, EMAIL, and other Internet activities. The reason for all the attention is because of the nature of this virus and the potential security risk it makes. Instead of a destructive Trojan virus (like most viruses!), this virus referred to as Deeyenda Maddick, performs a comprehensive search on your computer, looking for valuable information, such as email and login passwords, credit cards, personal inf., etc.
The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident while running a host of applications and operation systems, such as Windows 3.11 and Windows 95. What this means to Internet users is that when a login and password are send to the server, this virus can copy this information and SEND IT OUT TO UN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).
The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually undetectable. Once attacked your computer will be unsecure. Although it can attack any O/S this virus is most likely to attack those users viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0+ which are running under Windows 95). Researchers at Princeton University have found this virus on a number of World Wide Web pages and fear its spread.
Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public at the security risks.
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 96 21:22:57 +0100 From: J?rn Grotnes <jgr@sni.no> To: "GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List" <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Cc: "Dr. S. G. Kamara" <73244.2701@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Computer virus Message-ID: <post(u)ut.32b069a1.jgr@sni.no>
Svar til din melding fra 20:52 torsdag 12. desember 1996 +0100 ----------------------------------------------------------------- >There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If >you receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT
Please DO NOT send this kind of warning on to others. It is nothing but "fun" made by some prankster.
Whenever you get this kind of info, please check the validity first. It is very simple, Altavista reports 7 hits, all with the word HOAX in the header when you scan for Deeyenda.
The info in the message should also be a pointer, with a lot of really nonsensical warnings, easily detectable as trying to create FUD.
If you are going to mail anyone about this , please mail instead the person you got it from and ask them to stop sending unchecked "warnings" like this.
Joern Grotnes
Email: jgr@sni.no - This message does not represent official SNI views ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jorn Grotnes, Senior Systems Consultant, System Platform, Professional Services, Siemens Nixdorf Informasjonssystemer (SystemSystemSystem...) Tel: 22749753, Fax: 22749829, PS: 96670644, Mob: 92039257, Pr: 22193101
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:26:18 -0800 (PST) From: Ylva Hernlund <yher@u.washington.edu> To: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Computer virus Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.961212122452.26304A-100000@dante19.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
This warning has appeared at the University of Washington, as well, but several people swear that it is a (bad) joke, and that there really is no such virus.
On 12 Dec 1996, Dr. S. G. Kamara wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > From: "Dalton M'cormack", INTERNET:daltonm@ifi.uib.no > TO: Multiple recipients of list LEONENET, INTERNET:LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > DATE: 12/12/96 7:25 AM > > RE: Computer virus > > Sender: owner-leonenet@mitvma.mit.edu > Received: from vms.dc.lsoft.com (vms.dc.lsoft.com [206.241.12.2]) by hil-img-5.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) > id HAA07229; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 07:24:11 -0500 > Received: from vms.dc.lsoft.com by vms.dc.lsoft.com (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <15.EBE6786B@vms.dc.lsoft.com>; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 7:24:06 -0500 > Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with > NJE id 6933 for LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 07:22:56 > -0500 > Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail > V1.2b/1.8b) with BSMTP id 8363; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 07:22:29 -0500 > Received: from elg.ifi.uib.no by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; > Thu, 12 Dec 96 07:22:27 EST > Received: from pd-master-06 ([129.177.34.156]) by elg.ifi.uib.no with SMTP id > AA28141 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>); Thu, 12 Dec > 1996 13:22:15 +0100 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (WinNT; I) > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Message-ID: <32B007D0.4155@ifi.uib.no> > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 14:25:36 +0100 > Reply-To: daltonm@ifi.uib.no > Sender: A Discussion of Sierra Leonean Issues <LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> > From: "Dalton M'cormack" <daltonm@ifi.uib.no> > Subject: Computer virus > To: Multiple recipients of list LEONENET <LEONENET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> > > VIRUS ALERT! > > VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ! > > There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If > you receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT > read the message, DELETE it immediately! > > Some miscreant is sending email under the title "Deeyenda" nationwide, > if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus > that rewrites your hard drive, obliterates anything on it. Please be > careful and forward this e-mail to anyone you care about. > > Please read the message below. > > OFFICE MEMO update to VIRUS ALERT! > > The Internet community has again been plagued by another computer > virus. This message is being spread throughout the Internet, including > USENET posting, EMAIL, and other Internet activities. The reason for > all the attention is because of the nature of this virus and the > potential security risk it makes. Instead of a destructive Trojan > virus (like most viruses!), this virus referred to as Deeyenda Maddick, > performs a comprehensive search on your computer, looking for valuable > information, such as email and login passwords, credit cards, personal > inf., etc. > > The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident > while running a host of applications and operation systems, such as > Windows 3.11 and Windows 95. What this means to Internet users is that > when a login and password are send to the server, this virus can copy > this information and SEND IT OUT TO UN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies). > > The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually > undetectable. Once attacked your computer will be unsecure. Although > it can attack any O/S this virus is most likely to attack those users > viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft Internet > Explorer 3.0+ which are running under Windows 95). Researchers at > Princeton University have found this virus on a number of World Wide > Web pages and fear its spread. > > Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public at the > security risks. > >
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Date: 12 Dec 1996 22:18:09 GMT From: momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Cc: Djembe_Magazine@INFORM.inform-bbs.dk Subject: HUMAN RIGHTS-MAURITANIA: 'Slavery' Persists, or Does It? Message-ID: <1438904286.12927051@inform-bbs.dk>
Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks.
*** 08-Dec-96 ***
Title: HUMAN RIGHTS-MAURITANIA: 'Slavery' Persists, or Does It?
(ATTN EDITORS: The following story is another in a series intended to mark HUMAN RIGHTS DAY - Tuesday, December 10)
By David Hecht
BOOTLIMIT, Mauritania, Dec 8 (IPS) - 'Are immigrants stealing our jobs?' 'Is government too intrusive?' 'Is there stillracism in our society?' are questions commonly asked in many nations.
The big issue in Mauretania is whether or not slavery exists here.
In parliament, in the mosque, lying in tents sipping sweet green tea, conversations invariably turn to the Haratin, so-called 'former slaves' and whether, in fact, to say 'former' is correct.
Arab-Berber Moors enslaved Black Africans before they invaded Spain in the eighth century. Yet, it is only during th is century that slavery has been outlawed, most recently in 1980.
Many Haratin, however, still provide unpaid services to their former masters and, in return, the masters feed and cl oth them. In accordance with a local interpretation of Islam, masters are meant to treat Haratin as well as their own children.
Is this then slavery?
The U.S. Congress says yes. In September, it imposed a ban on all economic and military assistance to the government of Maurtitania until slavery is ''eliminated.''
But the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Mauritania say no. They report that slavery in Mauritania has ''virtually disappeared.''
Even the Haratin disagree on their status. Mohammed ould Hamady, a Haratin who was once Mauritania's representative to the UN, stresses that slavery here was never like it was practiced in the West. He points out that ''intermarriage has always been common and acceptable'' and that ''the enslaved are a class with mobility.''
Hamidy notes that the Emir of the city of Atar is a Haratin. ''He is so black we call him Emir James Brown.'' And Hamidy's own father was the chief of one of a powerful Moorish clans, whose members are both Haratin and Arab Berbers.
Hamidy further notes out that slaves are not the lowest caste in traditional Moorish society. That place is reserved for the 'znaga' (shepherds), who are mostly Arab-Berber, not black. ''They are not only poorer than slaves,'' he says .. ''They also lack the job security.''
But other Haratin, like Messoud ould Boulkheir, who heads Action pour le Changement (AC), a political party for the Haratin, asserts that thousands of people are still enslaved with no hope of being free. ''Many (in the desert interior) don't even know that slavery has been abolished,'' he says.
In the 'Edboy' (slave section) of Bootlimit, a town in the southwest corner of the Sahara desert, people who call th emselves slaves say that, in various ways, they do not have control of their destinies. Imetha mint Sidaty, 41, complains that she has not been able to marry who she wished.
Gargayte ould Meyssa, 35, says he divorced his wife because his master would not let their children go to school. '' I did not want to be reproducing slaves,'' he says.
For Kariya mint Mahomoud, 42, what is most unfair is that when her father died, their master inherited his belonging s. Conflict over inheritance of slaves' property are indeed common and cases often go before the Mauritanian courts.
Other Haratin at Bootlimit, however, have fewer complaints. On the main street, Abd El Barka Ould Mbarek, a 20-year- old black man, stands holding hands with Mousa Ould Ahmed, an Arab-Berber man of the same age. Both are wearing traditional blue 'boubous' (robes). They say they are slave and master as well as best of friends.
Some who call themselves slaves also admit they have no masters. And others, with masters, say their masters have li ttle power over them.
Hanna mint Souleymine (36) says she is one of 25 slaves born to Mohammed ould Bihizirde but that he is destitute. '' He has no animals, no wives, no children, no money, no house.'' He lives with her in the slave settlement. So why doesn't she leave him? ''Leave him!'' She laughs. ''He should leave us.''
Souleymine's story is not uncommon. With recurring droughts, many herders have lost their cattle and moved to the to wns with their families and slaves. Urban dwellers increased from 14 percent of the population in 1970 to 50 percent in 1992 with the slaves often adapting better to urban life than their masters.
Whether or not Mauritanians claim that slavery does or does not still exist, most agree there are vestiges. Hindou m int Ainina, Editor-in-Chief of Le Calame, one of the leading independent newspapers in Nouakchott, argues that slaveryin Mauritania is largely psychological.
''There is the slave mentality and the master mentality. They both need to change,'' she says.
Others view slavery as an economic necessity. ''Recurring drought and no industry add up to no wage labor,'' says Ha bib Ould Nahfoudh, the executive secretary of SOS Esclave, a counselling and advocacy group for slaves. ''How else area freed slave and an impoverished master meant to survive?''
Bad economic planning in the decades after independence has left Mauritanians amongst the most severely indebted peo ple in the world -- their nation's foreign debt was 1,163 U.S. dollars per capita in 1994, according to the World Bank.
While economic restructuring in the 1990s is considered a success by the World Bank, figures show that the purchasin g power of most Mauritanians has declined.
Testimonies before two U.S. Congress Sub-Committees, however, neglected to mention Mauritania's general social and e conomic situation. Instead, statements portrayed a system of exploitation worse than what once existed in the United States.
Congress was told that Arab ''slave raiders'' capture African women to ''breed slaves'' and that slaves endure exoti c tortures which can leave them paraplegic, or the 'insects in the ear torture' from which they go permanently insane and the 'buried in the hot sand torture,' which cooks them alive.
One testimony claimed that slave women and children are regularly sold for about 15 U.S. dollars a head. A receipt w as then submitted as evidence showing a sale and stating that the buyer ''accepts the slave in spite of her insubmissiveness.''
But U.S. Embassy staff in Mauritania investigating the purchase concluded that the signatures on the receipt were fo rged and Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, William Twaddell went on to dispute most of the testimonies.
The U.S. foreign service may not know exactly what is happening at every oasis in Mauritania's Sahara desert, he sai d. But his staff had searched far and wide and could not confirm any cases of involuntary servitude.
Particularly suspect were assertions that slave raiders where kidnapping Africans, says Ms Ainina. She questions whe ther Americans are pointing their fingers at Mauritania or their own past. Haratin are of African origin but they havelong had the same language, religion, customs and clans as Arab Berber Moors.
Besides the U.S. Congress, few believe that black Mauritanians ethnic groups, which include the Hal-Pulaar, Soninke and Bambara tribes, are being enslaved by Moors, although these communities do have their own traditional slave casteswithin their cultures.
One senior U.S. official in Mauritania claims the stories were fabricated by members of a liberation group for black Mauritanians called FLAM (Forces pour la Liberation des Africains Mauritaniens). ''These people have some legitimate grievances,'' said the official, ''but slavery is not one of them.''
Hundreds of black Mauritanian have been reportedly tortured and killed by the Moor-dominated government of Colonial Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. About 70,000 were expelled to neighbouring Senegal between 1989-91 and the U.S. State Department reports that over 500 Hal-Pulaar in Mauritania's armed forces were tortured to death during the same period.
But slavery, not ethnic and political oppression, was what FLAM used to get Congress' attention, the U.S. official s aid. ''It knows that every congressman wants to be seen supporting an anti- slavery bill.''
The bill, however, is unlikely to have any great effect.
It only states that the U.S. president ''should not,'' rather than ''must not,'' provide the Mauritanian government with economic and military assistance, says the senior U.S. official.
In late October, the biggest U.S. navy ship that people here could remember arrived in the port of Nouakchott, the c apital, to conduct joint exercises and training with the country's armed forces. (END/IPS/dh/kb/96) = 12080625 OLN011
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 17:31:25 +500 From: "Adama Kah" <Vptaak@vpt.gwu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Computer virus Message-ID: <9CAA8040018@vpt.gwu.edu>
From: "Daniel F. Baker" <vptdfb@vpt.gwu.edu> Organization: The George Washington University To: "Adama Kah" <Vptaak@vpt.gwu.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:21:10 +500 Subject: Re: (Fwd) Computer virus Priority: normal
Gambia-l,
Some info. about the existence of the virus. Dr. Kamara, thanks for alerting us.
Adama Kah
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-05.shtml
I have cut out a piece of this web page. Please read on!
The "Deeyenda" virus warnings are a hoax. CIAC has received inqueries regarding the validity of the Deeyenda virus. The warnings are very similar to those for Good Times, stating that the FCC issued a warning about it, and that it is self activating and can destroy the contents of a machine just by being downloaded. Users should note that the FCC does not and will not issue virus or Trojan warnings. It is not their job to do so. As of this date, there are no known viruses with the name Deeyenda in existence. For a virus to spread, it must be executed. Reading a mail message does not execute the mail message. Trojans and viruses have been found as executable attachments to mail messages, but they must be extracted and executed to do any harm. CIAC still affirms that reading E-mail, using typical mail agents, can not activate malicious code delivered in or with the message.
Thanks for letting me know though, and next time, check it out, then forward this information to the persons that sent it to you!
....Daniel Adama Kah The George Washington University Office of The Vice President and Treasurer 2121 I St., NW Rice Hall, Suite 707 Washington, D.C. 20052
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:38:56 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Job Opening for material scientists !!!! Message-ID: <9612122338.AA12598@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
Forwarded message: Some netters may be interested in the position below. I wish that I've already finished my program. Good luck!! Madiba. ================================================================ Looking for materials science MS/PhD at International Paper. Join a materials science group providing consulting services & corrosion engineering to manufacturing operations. Experience with failure analysis, materials recommendations, weld repair, quality assurance inspections. Requires 35% travel to our facilities world-wide to provide shutdown support. If you are looking for a non-routine, hands on, applications of materials science, we have a job for you. Fax resume to B. Leslie, 334-470-3017. Office location will be in new research facility. Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 21:18:10 -0600 From: Ndey Drammeh <NDRAMME@wpo.it.luc.edu> To: TSaidy1050@aol.com, gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Denying some people the right to seek medical care Message-ID: <s2b076b3.009@wpo.it.luc.edu>
>>> <TSaidy1050@aol.com> 12/11/96 11:33am >>>
Ndey,
For some reason I had the feeling that you were referring to Omar Sey when i first saw your posting. Following the coup in 1994, Omar Sey and other Ministers of the former government were detained for a short while and later released. However, because they had to testify in the Commissions of Enquiry, their travel documents were seized and they were required to have clearance before they could leave the country. This was done at the time as a precautionary measure to stop some of them from running away.
Omar Sey was denied permission to travel for two major reasons. First his illness was not life threatening at the time, and secondly he could not convince the Commission that he will come back to after his treatment. Normally if one?s illness is grave, the person will be given a permission to travel for medical treatment. A case in point is that Oudou Njie of the former N.I.B.; he was given permission to travel after his accident when it was determined that he needs urgent medical attentions that cannot be given to him in The Gambia. There are also some who were given permission to travel and they never came back to face the Commission.
It is unfortunate that things like this took place, but believe me, if Mr. Omar Sey?s condition was life threatening, he would have been allowed to travel overseas for medical treatment. It was nothing against Omar Sey or his family, these were just save guards in the system.
Peace Tombong
Tombong:
I would like to know who makes the determination that someone's illness is life treating or not? You have absolutely no idea how serious the man's illness is; only Mr. Sey and his doctor know that. There is something terribly wrong with people who are not trained as doctors playing doctors!
Now, what do you mean Mr. Sey could not convince the Commission that he would return after treatment? Unlike the ones that ran away from the commission, Mr. Sey has nothing to hide and would definitely have returned after his treatment. Anyone who knows the man will tell you that he will never run away and leave his family behind!
He certainly has been exonerated by the Commission since his travel documents have been returned and he is now free to travel as he wishes.
Ndey Kumba
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 05:50:29 -0500 From: TSaidy1050@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: NEWS FROM THE GAMBIA Message-ID: <961213055028_1154077550@emout11.mail.aol.com>
BANJUL, Dec 12, (Reuter) - Campaigning opened in Gambia on Thursday for parliamentary elections on January 2 meant to conclude the West African country's transition to democracy after two years of military rule. Presidential elections in September were won by then military ruler Yahya Jammeh, whose July 1994 coup toppled the civilian government of Sir Dawda Jawara. The elections commission said Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction had fielded a candidate for each of Gambia's 45 constituencies. The main legal opposition party, the United Democratic Party (UDP), has decided to contest the elections after a boycott threat following its dispute of the presidential poll. It has nominated 34 candidates. Two minor parties have fielded less than 20 candidates each. UDP leader Ousainou Darboe said he dropped the boycott threat following assurances from the independent electoral commission on the conduct of the campaign and the poll. The assurances included the release of all political detainees, full access to the state media and no interference by security services in politics. Campaigning ends on December 31. (c) Reuters Limited 1996 REUTER NEWS SERVICE
Peace Tombong
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 11:19:29 -0500 (EST) From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Cc: msjaiteh@mtu.edu (Malanding S. Jaiteh) Subject: Forwarded: Phone scam warning (fwd) Message-ID: <199612131619.LAA27008@hemlock.ffr.mtu.edu> Content-Type: text
Forwarded message: >From owner-forgrad-l-outgoing@mtu.edu Fri Dec 13 09:23:11 1996 X-Received: MTU Resend v1.1 for forgrad-l Message-Id: <3.0.16.19961213092302.365fa30e@141.219.149.237> X-Sender: jmoore@141.219.149.237 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (16) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:23:03 -0500 To: forgrad-l@mtu.edu From: "James B. Moore" <jmoore@mtu.edu> Subject: Forwarded: Phone scam warning Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Precedence: list Reply-To: forgrad-l@mtu.edu
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:44:35 -0500 To: ffrstaff-l@mtu.edu, forgrad-l@mtu.edu From: Mark D Erickson <mdericks@mtu.edu> Subject: Portage Annoucement 12/11
>X-Received: MTU Resend v1.1 for woodscience-l >X-Sender: mdericks@141.219.149.237 >Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:29:58 -0500 >To: woodscience-l@mtu.edu >From: Mark D Erickson <mdericks@mtu.edu> >Subject: Portage Annoucement 12/11 > >>X-Received: MTU Resend v1.1 for patrol-l >>X-Sender: bmeyers@mail.portup.com >>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:08:47 -0500 >>To: patrol-l@mtu.edu >>From: Bob Meyers <bmeyers@mail.portup.com> >>Subject: Portage Annoucement 12/11 >>Reply-To: patrol-l@mtu.edu >> >>>Return-Path: members2-request >>>From: Kevin Turnquist <tservo@portage1.portup.com> >>>Subject: Portage Annoucement 12/11 >>>To: members2@portage1.portup.com >>>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:55:18 -0500 (EST) >>>Errors-To: tservo@portup.com >>>Reply-To: paul@portup.com >>>X-Sequence: 13 >>> >>>>From paul@portup.com Wed Dec 11 10:06:52 1996 >>>Return-Path: paul@portup.com >>>Received: from sunken.portup.com (sunken.portup.com [198.110.128.200]) by >>portage1.portup.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA15562 for <tservo>; Wed, >>11 Dec 1996 10:06:51 -0500 >>>Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961211150835.006df924@portup.com> >>>X-Sender: paul@portup.com >>>X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) >>>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:08:35 -0500 >>>To: tservo@portage1.portup.com >>>From: Paul Kjeldsen <paul@portup.com> >>>Subject: to members >>>Status: RO >>>a thanks to Jim Lowell for finding this >>> >>>*** SCAM:*** >>> Don't Respond To Emails, Phone Calls, Or Pages Which Tell >>>You To Call An "809" Phone Number >>> >>>=================================================== >>>This is a very important issue of Internet ScamBusters! because it alerts >>>you to a scam that is: - spreading *extremely* quickly - can easily cost you >>>$100 or more, and - is difficult to avoid unless you are aware of it. We'd >>>like to thank Paul Bruemmer and Brian Stains for bringing this scam to our >>>attention - both will receive Internet ScamBusters! tee shirts. This scam >>>has also been identified by the National Fraud Information Center and is >>>costing victims a lot of money. >>> >>>There are lots of different permutations of this scam, but here is how it >>>works: >>> >>> Permutation #1: Internet Based Phone Scam Via Email You receive an email, >>>typically with a subject line of "*ALERT*" or "Unpaid account." The >>>message, which is being spammed across the net, says: >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> I am writing to give you a final 24hrs to settle your outstanding >>>account. If I have not received the settlement in full, I will commence >>>legal proceedings without further delay. If you would like to discuss this >>>matter to avoid court action, call Mike Murray at Global >>> Communications on +1 809 496 2700. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> Permutation #2: Phone Or Pager Scam You receive a message on your >>>answering machine or your pager which asks you to call a number beginning >>>with area code 809. The reason to you're asked to call varies: it can be >>>to receive information about a family member who has been ill, to tell you >>>someone has been arrested, died, to let you know you have won a wonderful >>>prize, etc. In each case, you're told to call the 809 number right away. >>> >>> Since there are so many new area codes these days, people unknowingly >>>return these calls. If you call from the US, you will apparently be charged >>>$25 per-minute! Sometimes the person who answers the phone will speak >>>broken English and pretend not to understand you. Other >>>times, you'll just get a long recorded message. The point is, they will try >>>to keep you on the phone as long as possible to increase the charges. >>>Unfortunately, when you get your phone bill, you'll often times be charged >>>more than $100.00. >>> >>>Here's why it works: >>> The 809 area code is located in the British Virgin Islands (the Bahamas). >>>The 809 area code can be used as a "pay-per-call" number, similar to 900 >>>numbers in the US. Since 809 is not in the US, it is not covered by US >>>regulations of 900 numbers, which require that you be notified and warned of >>>charges and rates involved when you call a "pay-per-call" number. There is >>>also no requirement that the company provide a time period during which you >>>may terminate the call without being charged. Further, whereas many US >>>phones have 900 number blocking (to avoid these kinds of charges), 900 >>>number blocking will not prevent calls to the 809 area code. >>> >>> We recommend that no matter how you get the message, if you are asked to >>>call a number with an 809 area code that you don't recognize, investigate >>>further and/or disregard the message. Be *very* wary of email or calls >>>asking you to call an 809 area code number.It's important to prevent >>>becoming a victim of this scam, since trying to fight the charges afterwards >>>can become a real nightmare. That's because you did actually make the call. >>>If you complain, both our local phone company and your long distance carrier >>>will not want to get involved and will most likely tell you that they are >>>simply providing the billing for the foreign company. You'll end up dealing >>>with a foreign company that argues they have done nothing wrong. >>> >>> Please forward this entire issue of Internet ScamBusters! to your >>>friends, family and colleagues to help them become aware of this scam so >>>they don't get ripped off. >>> >>>-------------------- http://www.portup.com ----------------------- >>>The Portage Paul Kjeldsen >>>506 Shelden paul@portup.com >>>Houghton MI 49931 (906) 487-9832 & 226-6680 >>> >>> >>> >>bmeyers@portup.com >>voice = 906 487-5065 w 360-2099 cell >>voice = 906 487-5278 h 360-6428 cell >>fax = 906 487-5190 >>address mail = POB 54, Houghton, MI 49931 >> >>"The Older I GET, The BETTER I WAS" >> >> >> > > >
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 11:52:57 -0500 (EST) From: Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Off to Senega Message-ID: <01ICYL4SP54200121L@PSTCC6.PSTCC.CC.TN.US> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
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Date: 13 Dec 96 12:42:57 EST From: "Dr. S. G. Kamara" <73244.2701@CompuServe.COM> To: GAMBIA-L <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Virus alert Message-ID: <961213174256_73244.2701_FHO59-1@CompuServe.COM>
Hello all!
The virus alert was circulating on LEONENET and so I thought I shoud forward it to GAMBIA-L to caution all. If it is false, then ignore it. Many of us have no way of verifying such information, and our best response usually is to alert as many people as possible. Prevention is always better than cure!
To respond to Joern Jones and others, it is a bit presumptous to assume that you can tell contributors what to post or not post on the net. If you find a posting erroneous, whether deliberately or inadvertently, you have a right to post what in your opinion is a more accurate version, without appearing to limit someone else's contribution rights. In short, you do not have a right to tell someone what they can or can't post, and neither does anyone have that right over you.
Ms. Admah Kah, thanks a million for the forwarded clarification. It helped me and I am sure many others.
Regards,
Kamara.
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 10:24:54 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Ghanaian Gains Ground in Candidacy to Head U.N. (fwd) Message-ID: <9612131824.AA14256@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
December 13, 1996
Ghanaian Gains Ground in Candidacy to Head U.N.
By BARBARA CROSSETTE
[U] NITED NATIONS -- Kofi Annan, the Ghanaian head of United Nations peacekeeping operations who emerged this week as the top contender in the race for secretary general, strengthened his lead significantly Thursday in informal voting, prompting speculation for the first time that France might withdraw its opposition to his candidacy.
Diplomats said a bandwagon has developed behind Annan. When the straw polls finished Thursday, he had 14 votes in his favor in the 15-member Council, with only one negative ballot, assumed to be from France. Unless France, which has not explained publicly why it opposes Annan, is prepared to veto his candidacy formally, he could be declared the Council's choice as early as Friday.
An official said that the Council suddenly appeared to be "nearing the end game." But at the same time, rumors continued to circulate about last-minute efforts by France to consider alternative candidates despite its isolated position. Many diplomats, though, seem to believe that Annan's support is now too solid to be eroded by the introduction of new names.
Among the Council members who voted for Annan on Thursday was Egypt, the home of Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. On Nov. 19, Boutros-Ghali, strenuously backed by France, also won 14 of 15 votes in a formal ballot. The no vote was a U.S. veto, but the United States never allowed the possibility that Washington would change its mind. Boutros-Ghali subsequently put his campaign for a second term on hold.
After the Council meeting Thursday, Sir John Weston, Britain's representative, said the session had been "very encouraging."
No African member of the Council now stands with France, as several did on Wednesday, in sending a discouraging signal to Annan. Among Africans at least, the language gap has closed. Annan, who speaks French, is nevertheless from an English-speaking country and had an American education.
All three other candidates -- Amara Essy of the Ivory Coast, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah of Mauritania and Hamid Algabid of Niger -- are from French-speaking countries. They have been opposed by the United States and Britain.
For three days, the Council has been conducting rounds of informal polling in which members only "encourage" or "discourage" candidates. Permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- have cast ballots of a different color from those of nonpermanent members, forewarning of later formal vetoes.
Those straw polls have now virtually eliminated all candidates but Annan. To be recommended for election by the General Assembly, a candidate needs at least nine votes and no vetoes. Annan is the only contender who has more than nine votes. He now needs only a nod from the French.
Alain Dejammet, France's representative, was asked after the Council meeting who he thought the next secretary general would be. "We hope he will come from Africa and very likely, he will speak French," he said.
There has been no indication whether Boutros-Ghali will withdraw his candidacy before another nominee is chosen to replace him. His term ends Dec. 31. The Security Council would like to have a successor to send to the General Assembly for approval before it adjourns its current session next Tuesday.
Copyright 1996 The New York Times Company
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 10:29:11 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: African squad to feature 8 Nigerians (fwd) Message-ID: <9612131829.AA11772@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
CAIRO (Dec 12, 1996 - 13:24 EST) - Eight members of Nigeria's Olympic gold medal-winning team in Atlanta have been included in the African squad to play Europe in Lisbon next month, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Thursday. All but one of the 20-man squad, which will be coached by Algerian Rabah Madjer, play for clubs in Europe. There were few surprises in the squad, which is expected to be captained by triple African Footballer of the Year Abedi Pele Ayew of Ghana and spearheaded by European Footballer of the Year George Weah. Nigerians make up the majority of the contingent with the eight Olympians plus Finidi George of Spanish club Real Betis but there is no place for Barcelona's new signing Emmanuel Amunike, who scored the winning goal against Argentina in the gold-medal match in Atlanta. Amunike is named among the reserves. The squad includes just one player from this year's African Nations' Cup winners South Africa, the Italian-based defender Mark Fish, and none from runners-up Tunisia. The only African-based player is goalkeeper Abiodun Baruwa of Nigerian club Shooting Stars, who play in the second leg of the African Champions' Cup final against Zamalek of Egypt in Cairo on Friday. The team is to be managed by Mawade Wade, three-time Senegalese national team coach, and will play their European counterparts on Jan. 29. The squad: Goalkeepers: Jacques Songo'o (Deportivo La Coruna and Cameroon), Abiodun Baruwa (Shooting Stars). Defenders: Frank Amankwah (FC Gutersloh and Ghana), Celestin Babayaro (Anderlecht and Nigeria), Mark Fish (Lazio and South Africa), Nourredine Naybet (Deportivo La Coruna and Morocco), Uche Okechukwu (Fenerbache and Nigeria), Yasser Radwan (Hansa Rostock and Egypt), Taribo West (Auxerre and Nigeria). Midfielders: Daniel Amokachi (Besiktas and Nigeria), Abedi Pele Ayew (1860 Munich and Ghana), Marc-Vivien Foe (Lens and Cameroon), Japhet Ndoram (Nantes and Chad), Austin Okocha (Fenerbache and Nigeria), Sunday Oliseh (FC Cologne and Nigeria), Moussa Saib (Auxerre and Algeria). Strikers: Tijani Babangida (Ajax Amsterdam and Nigeria), Finidi George (Real Betis and Nigeria), Victor Ikpeba (Monaco and Nigeria), George Weah (AC Milan and Liberia). -- the Nigerian Soccer page : http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~zcecm34/naijasoc.htm The more laws and order are made prominent, Love is undivided and the more thieves and robbers there will be. spaceless. - Lao Tsu - Kahil Gibran -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA. ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 10:54:41 -0800 (PST) From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: France Backs Down, Annan Positioned to Lead U.N. (fwd) Message-ID: <9612131854.AA12218@leed.chem.ubc.ca> Content-Type: text
France Backs Down, Annan Positioned to Lead U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuter) - Kofi Annan of Ghana, who heads U.N. peacekeeping operations, won the unanimous support of Security Council members Friday in an unofficial poll for U.N. secretary-general after France dropped its previous threat of a veto, British U.N. envoy Sir John Weston said.
``The next secretary-general will be Kofi Annan,'' he told reporters.
Annan's closest rival in the balloting has been Amara Essy, the foreign minister of the Ivory Coast and the 1994-95 U.N. General Assembly president.
The two other candidates, who have consistently fallen far short of the minimum of nine votes needed for election, are Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, a former foreign minister of Mauritania and former U.N. envoy for Burundi; and Hamid Algabid, a former prime minister of Niger and currently secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
Africa has been given priority up to now in putting forward candidates for the top U.N. post on grounds that if Boutros Boutros-Ghali is denied the second term usually accorded a secretary-general he should be succeeded by another African.
Copyright 1996 Reuters LTD. -- ******************************************************************** ** Madiba Saidy ** ** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory ** ** University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA. ** ** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) ** ** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) ** ** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca ** ********************************************************************
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 22:21:36 CST From: Ndella Njie <ndella@iastate.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: fwd--profile of un secretary general to be Message-ID: <9612140421.AA16545@fcs1.iastate.edu>
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Kofi Annan cool head and straight talker 13:16 Dec 13, 1996 EST
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 13 (Reuter) - A soft-spoken straight- talker, Kofi Annan of Ghana has achieved the near-impossible feat of walking through U.N. political minefields unscathed. A member of a family of traditional chiefs married to a Swedish artist and lawyer, Annan, 58, has held a variety of U.N. posts around the world before becoming the undersecretary-general for peacekeeping operations in March 1993.
He was a personnel director, a security coordinator, a budget director, a programme manager, a controller and a refugee agency executive, to name a few of his positions in Addis Ababa, Cairo, Ismalia and New York over the past 30 years.
Yet U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright, who forced Annan's boss, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, out of office for allegedly not streamlining the U.N. system enough, was among the American-educated Annan's strongest supporters. And even his detractors admit that most of his staff have been fiercely loyal to him for years. Bosnia's ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey, a harsh critic of the U.N.-led forces in his country, had nothing but praise for Annan, in charge of peacekeeping at the height of the Balkan war.
``People trust him because he is honest,'' said Sacirbey. ``He doesn't try to hide behind a false argument. He defends his positions on merit.'' Annan is expected to be officially confirmed as the new U.N. secretary-general after France, the last holdout in the Security Council, dropped its objections to his candidacy on Friday. France had preferred Boutros-Ghali or an African from a French-speaking country. Annan would be the first U.N. secretary-general from a sub-Saharan African country and the only one from the U.N. bureaucracy itself. With the United Nations suffering from a surplus of criticism and a shortage of funds, he faces the daunting task of convincing the world he is a diplomat, manager, humanist and visionary. ``In the world of today, if we buy into the illusion that we can make the world habitable for a few, we will make it uninhabitable altogether,'' he once said, paraphrasing the late French President Francois Mitterrand. Working from a 37th floor office decorated with carvings and plaques, Annan is known to his supporters as cool and unruffled. ``He sometimes shifts his weight slightly from one foot to another, but that's about all the tension you can see,'' said a member of his staff. He also has a wicked sense of humour. Diplomats recall asking him during the race for secretary-general how well he spoke French. ``I now speak English with a French accent,'' he replied, in reference to Paris' insistence on mastery of the language. Annan began his higher education at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. He first left home in 1959 on a Ford Foundation grant to Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a bachelor's' degree in economics. He then studied at the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva after which he joined the World Health Organisation. From 1965 to 1971, he worked for the Ethiopia-based Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa. By then, at age 33, Annan said he had enough. ``I went through my mid-life crisis very early and needed to sit back and do some thinking.'' For relaxation he attended the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a master's degree in management.
In 1974 he returned to Ghana as managing director of the country's tourism agency but by 1976 he was at U.N. headquarters in New York and Geneva where he worked for the High Commissioner for Refugees before returning to U.N. posts in New York again.
During his long career, he was frequently tapped for sensitive special assignments. After Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he was sent to repatriate 900 U.N. staff, negotiate for the release of Western hostages and help resolve the plight of 500,000 stranded Asians in Kuwait and Iraq.
Annan is married to Swedish-born Nane Lagergren, a lawyer and judge before she became a full-time painter. Her father, Gunnar Lagergren, is a noted international jurist, and her mother is the sister of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who rescued tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis in Hungary near the end of the Second World War. The couple tell of the last letter the family received from Wallenberg before he disappeared forever, presumably into a Soviet gulag or concentration camp. ``Kiss the little one for me,'' he wrote, shortly after Nane was born. The Annans, both of whom were married previously, have three children: Ama, 26, Nina, 25, and Kojo, 23.
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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 09:52:52 CST From: "SAL BARRY" <SBARRY@osage.astate.edu> To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: So long Message-ID: <241A4EE365B@osage.astate.edu>
List managers, I will be unable to access my email for quite some time, so take me of the mailing list.
It was a nice experience being part of this group. I learned a lot and enjoyed it. To the active ladies I say , keep it up. To the inactive ladies I say, speak up and you will be heard. More female participation in needed.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all of you.
Sal Barry
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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 12:18:17 CST From: Ndella Njie <ndella@iastate.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: fwd--dissertation funding Message-ID: <9612141818.AA04206@fcs1.iastate.edu>
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> >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Subject: Rockefeller grants > >Here is iformation regarding Rockefeller doctoral workshops and grants. Please pass this on to any interested parties: Robson > >The Rockefeller Foundation has established a program of workshops on research methodology for African students enrolled in doctoral programs in the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences (including health and agricultural sciences) in Canada and > the United States. The objective of the workshops is to encourage and improve the quality of applications to the Rockefellor Founadtion's African Dissertation Internship Awards programs, which provide grants for doctoral field research in Africa. The enc >olded brochure (summarizes below) outlines the programs and application procedures for the ten workshops that will be held in 1997. >Students can apply to anyone of the programs tha they thinksuits their interests most closely, although Queen's (Ontario) and the Universite de Quebec a Montreal are organizing workshops primarily intended for students enrolled at Canadian Universities. A >ll travel and accomodation expenses for the participants will be covered by the grant from the Rockefeller Foundation >Please bring this program to the attention of Afrian students in doctoral programs and encourage theem to apply. A limited number of places will also be available to Canadian and US citizens who intend to specialize in research on Africa. While preference > will be given to students who have completed their comprehensive or qualifying examinations and are actively preparing their dissertation proposals, applications from students at earlier or later stages in theirprograms will also be considered. Because o >f the delay in the publication of the brochure, the deadline for applictaions for the Queens workshop will be extended until January 31, 1997.. Please feel fre to contact meat 613-545-6242 (phone or 613-545-6848 (fax) or by e-mail at bermanb@qsilver.queen >su.ca. >Yours >Bruce J. Berman (Professor and Workshop Coordinator for the Queens program) > >Here is the full list of host Campuses in US and Canada. Please apply directly to host campus > >1.Universityof Califonia - Berkeley >Feb 5-9, 1997 >Theme: African Dvelopment: Prospects, practices and policies >Application deadline: Dec. 9, 1996 >Contact Tami Driver at tami@globetrotter.berkeley.edu or fax 510-642-9493 > >2. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island >April 22-25, 1997 >Theme: Post Liberation development strategies in Sub-Saharan African >Deadline Jan 15, 1997 >Contact: Dr. Louis Putterman at ec424000@brownvm.brown.edu > >3. John Hopkins University and University of Pennsylvania >May 1997 >Theme: Health and Population Issues in Africa. >Deadline: Feb. 1, 1997 >Contact: Dr. Henry Mosley at hmosley@phnet.sph.jhu.edu or Dr Antonio McDaniel at antonio@pop.upenn.edu > >4. Queen's University - Kingston Ontario >May 2-6, 1997 >Theme: Research for African Development: Equity, Security, and sustainabilty >Deadline: Jan 31, 1997. >Contact Dr. B.J. Berman at bermanb@qsilver.queensu.ca or Dr. W. Tettey at tetty@qucdn.queensu.ca > >5. University of Minnesota-Minneapolis >May 9-13, 1997 >Theme: Challenges of social and ecological sustainabilty in Africa. >Deadline Feb 28, 1997 >Contact David Henriskso at macarth@gold.tc.umn.edu > >6. North Western University and Univ. of Illinois >Theme: Society, Social movements and environmental change >Deadline: Jan 10, 1997 >Contact; Roseann Mark@ mark@nwu.edu with cc to Akbar Virmani at a-virmani@nmu.edu > >7. Univesity of Quebec for French speaking candidates >12-16 May >Contact Quebec on tel: 514-987-7969 > >8. Emory University - Atlanta Georgia >May 21-25, 1997 >Theme:Health, culture and development >Deadline March 1 >Contact Tom Laporte at tlaport@emory.edu > >9. University of Wisconsin - Madison >June 8 -20 , 1997 >Theme: Social and biological science for agriculture development >deadline: Feb 3, 1997 >Contact Ms Sharon Kemp at sharon.kemp@ccmail.adp.wisc.edu >tel 608-2625545 or fax 608-262-8852 > > > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Davison M. Mupinga Louisiana State University Phone: (504)346-1358
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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 15:44:20 -0500 (EST) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: Francis Njie <francis_njie@il.us.swissbank.com> Cc: alyons@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu, gambia-l@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Subject: Re: Seeking contributions for a new Gambia web page Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.90.961214150512.655B-100000@muddhp75.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hey folks, The important issue of establishing a Gambian newspaper presence on the Internet has been revisited. I will answer both Francis' letter and make public my thinking on the matter below. Firstly, I am willing to meet with the various editors and I am in the process of making appointments to see them; collectively if possible. I however feel that for this venture to be successful, there should be more than just me meeting with these people as I do not feel that I have a mandate to speak on behalf of the list. So if you will be in The Gambia and would wish to participate, please let me know what time(s) you would like for these meeting(s) to be arranged. The more people, the more representative we will become. On the issue of establishing a newspaper presence, I think the following scenarios are most likely. (i) The editors see this as most institutions on the 'net do : a place not to make profits at the moment, but to position oneself to be able to do so in the near future. In this instance, our goal would be dual; helping The Gambia gain a prominent and strategic position on the emerging and increasingly important medium and getting access to the latest info from home. (ii) The editors see this venture as a money-making one. In this instance, it would be hard to justify volunteering to make this possible. It is also likely to face some formidable obstacles. One such is the number of Gambians. In a "back of the envelope" analysis I did a few weeks ago, it seems like there are about 1100 Gambians with email addresses (+ - 10%). With these few people, advertising revenues cannot be expected to cover a substantial amount of the cost. (iii) The editors refuse to go along for copyright or whatever else reasons. In any case, I think Francis' idea of making gambia-l more publicly available is ripe and should be pursued. Now, the only way one can get gambia-l is if one has an email address. If it is put on the WWW however, anyone can go to their public library and view and participate in the discussions. I have talked to Tony, Babanding and Momodou Camara in the past about having such a presence. I think now is the time to turn this into reality. For now, I think the technical issues do not really matter ; as we can eventually solve them. What matters now is some kind of a response from gambia-lers that they would financially support establishing a general Gambian presence on the World Wide Web. Conservatively, I think such a venture, assuming unpaid volunteers, would cost about $500 dollars [ 250 to register a domain, 250 to host the domain for a year with Francis' ISP (this is based on rates in NY)]. With about a 170 members, and assuming a ten percent participation rate, $30 dollars from each participant should be enough to start this project off its feet. Ten percent might seem low, but this is about the actual number of people who can be considered active members [sent their intros and discussed one issue]. On the programming aspects, I think we have the technical know-how to carry this off. So if you know CGI and HTML programming, let Francis know that you are willing to contribute. Well folks, that's it for now, -Abdou. Ps. I am now sitting for my exams and hence might not be able to immediately answer comments, criticisms, etc. ******************************************************************************* A. TOURAY. at137@columbia.edu abdou@cs.columbia.edu abdou@touchscreen.com (212) 749-7971 MY URL's ON THE WWW= http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~at137 http://www.psl.cs.columbia.edu/~abdou
A FINITE IN A LAND OF INFINITY. SEEKING BUT THE REACHABLE. I WANDER AND I WONDER. ALL RESPITE IS FINAL. *******************************************************************************
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