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Listen to the World’s Soundscapes in Google Earth

May 30th, 2007
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Listen to the World’s Soundscapes in Google Earth

 
Bernie Krause’s company, Wild Sanctuary, has released over 50 CDs of wildlife recordings and bio-soundscapes. Bernie and his team have traveled to all corners of the world with microphones, recording the sounds of nature, the bustle of cities and the voices of hundreds of species of animals. In addition to recording the various critter sounds in the wild, they also logged metadata like location, altitude, weather conditions and time of day for each recording.

Today, Wild Sanctuary released a Google Earth layer that maps its various soundscapes and all of the collected metadata on Google’s 3-D world map. Bernie demoed the KML dataset at Where 2.0 by flying around in Google Earth, zooming in on the Amazon basin to play the whoops of howler monkeys, then flying to Canada’s Algonquin National Forest to hear a pack of wolves howling at a full moon.

Bernie has it all — whale sounds recorded underwater in Maui, Gibbons in Africa and the deafening din of mid-day in the wilds of the Indonesian jungle. Download the KML layer for Google Earth at earth.wildsactuary.com.

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Members to decide on IPF future

May 25th, 2007
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Members to decide on IPF future
 

KUALA LUMPUR: The Indian Progressive Front (IPF) is at a crossroads and delegates attending its general assembly next month will decide on its future, party president Datuk M.G. Pandithan said. 

“They will have to decide their own future. It is they who form the party, and they are the base and the rock,” he said, adding that the 17-year-old party would not crumble without him. 

Pandithan, who has been in frail health for the past one year, said he would leave his future in the party in the hands of the members. 

“I will continue if they still want me. There is some balance outstanding over the purchase of the building.  

“I want to settle everything and hand over the party to able people without any liabilities,” he said. 

On the patching up of ties with MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, he said it was done for the betterment of the Indian community. 

“If the two parties join forces, we would be able to get the majority of the Indian votes for Barisan Nasional in the coming general election, as proven in the Ijok by-election,” he said. 

Meanwhile IPF Youth chief R. Ravi Shanker said there was no question of dissolution of the party. 

“The president has asked us to consolidate and strengthen at the ground.  

“He wants us to recruit more youths. The party will remain intact,” he said.

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SP Vellu’s Funeral

May 25th, 2007
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Brothers clasped arms over family, work and politics
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KUALA LUMPUR: Not a day went by without the two brothers meeting and talking about family, politics and other issues.
Yesterday, an emotional Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu bid farewell to his younger brother Datuk S. Palani Vellu, 68, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday. Family members said the siblings were close, meeting as often as possible and Palani, a lawyer, also handled some of the works minister’s legal matters. » Read more: SP Vellu’s Funeral

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PM says inter-cultural dialogue is way forward

May 25th, 2007
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and yet we can’t even have dialogues in our own backyard…what a joke 🙂

Inter-cultural dialogue ‘is the way forward’
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DIALOGUE between cultures and civilisations has now become another pre-condition to achieving the global goals of peace, security and prosperity, the prime minister said.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said dialogue could bridge the gap and generate greater understanding between cultures and civilisations especially between the West and the world of Islam. » Read more: PM says inter-cultural dialogue is way forward

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Samy’s brother dies of heart attack

May 24th, 2007
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Samy’s brother dies of heart attack

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk S. P. Vellu, the younger brother of Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, died of a heart attack at the Tawakkal Hospital here last night. He was 68. 

Vellu, a lawyer, was rushed to the hospital from his home early yesterday and admitted to the intensive care unit. He died at 8.04pm. 

Samy Vellu, who is MIC president, was at his brother’s bedside when the lawyer died. 

Scores of relatives and friends, including past and present leaders of the party, had converged at the hospital upon hearing the news of the death.   » Read more: Samy’s brother dies of heart attack

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