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Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) released a book for bloggers called ‘ Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents ‘.The handbook offers advice to bloggers who want to protect themselves from recrimination and censorships.It has handy tips and technical advice on how to remain anonymous.

Here is what they ( Reporters Without Borders ) say about the book ” Blogs get people excited. Or else they disturb and worry them. Some people distrust them. Others see them as the vanguard of a new information revolution. Because they allow and encourage ordinary people to speak up, they’re tremendous tools of freedom of expression.
Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent news, at the risk of displeasing the government and sometimes courting arrest.
Reporters Without Borders has produced this handbook to help them, with handy tips and technical advice on how to to remain anonymous and to get round censorship, by choosing the most suitable method for each situation. It also explains how to set up and make the most of a blog, to publicise it (getting it picked up efficiently by search-engines) and to establish its credibility through observing basic ethical and journalistic principles. ”

You can get a English version of the book in pdf format from http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542 .The very page has a separate printer friendly version.

Here is an interesting post I came across.The following message is actually a post from http://flatgirl.blogspot.com

Saint David Fort

British stronghold near the town of Cuddalore, about 100 miles (160 km) south of Madras on the southeastern coast of India. The fort was sold by the Marathas to the English East India Company in 1690. It was named for the patron saint of Wales because the governor of Madras at the time, Elihu Yale, was Welsh. It was purchased because of increasing political instability in southern India.

As is obvious the popularity of digital banner is growing alarmingly.This is rather a troublsome trend not only because the material used is non-biodegradable but also because they placed where ever the feellike(You would seen them placing banners in front of Cuddalore Municipal Park and few in front of the fountain setup by TANFAC ).Apart form being hindrance to free flow of traffic it makes the town look untidy.

Our District Administrator rightly pointed out this problem and suggested a better solution.His idea of fixing some suitable sites for erecting such banners my muncipality itself and the idea of collection of rents for every banner placed is really great.

Apart for eliminating various problems,it would bring additional revenue for the mucipality which inturn can be used on developemental activities.

I think to follow all these regulatory procedures it would be necessary to bring up resolutions in the Municipal Council.How far the politicians will co-operate in this case is questionable because they would be biggest violators of such regulations.

Waters tanks are placed in many places inside the busstand.There must have been some goodwill behind placing that.But is it always doing good??.No.They are actually placed for drinking purpose not many use it for the same.They use the water for washing their faces,hands and legs(I did not see in the morning belive some may even take bath :)) ).This makes the water stagnate near every tank and make place really nasty.Tanks mostly attracts beggers and nomads(who stay near Railway Station and behind the Muthiya Theatre) so ordinary citizens dont make use of it.

I dont agree that it is a good idea placing such tanks for drinking purpose.It needs to be cleaned regularly which in present situation is practically impossible.So there is an easy chance of contamination.I think anyone who travel by bus can well afford a rupee or two to get a water pocket.So its needless to place such water tanks there.

The municipal building in the bus stand premises(along the Lawrence Road) is in very bad condition. It lacks cleanliness. No wonder if the building collapses(it is in such a bad condition).

Concrete worn away, you can see the steel structures protruding outside (as you see in many government buildings across India). Sidewalls of the stairs are broken apart. I am not certain whether it would make through this monsoon season.

The space outside the Subrayulu Reddiar Hall is being fenced.Hope to see ornamental plants there.It would be nice if they many so proper arrangement for placing digital banners.Often the banners there intrude into the road.

I am happy to see Lawrence Road being relitted.Its was just this morning is posted about it.Also the high mast lamps and the signals near the Krishnalaya Complex were also powered.But the timer in the signal there isnt working properly.
Not only the timer with this signal but also the timer with the signal in front of Collector’s Camp.It makes me think we would be safe without such malfunctioning timers.

For the third consecutive day the street lights in the Lawrence Road are down.I suppose this to be purposeful.

Also the high mast lamp near the Krishnalaya Complex and the signal there are without power for days together.(I will post more on this tonight).

A tsunami art exhibition by NSS students was held recently. The exhibition was based on the relief activity carried out by the NSS volunteers of the Anna University.

More than 200 works of art from 230 engineering colleges were displayed. Vice-chancellor D. Vishwananthan inaugurated the exhibition. The exhibition was an expression of condolences to the people who suffered in the December 26, 2004 tsunami. It also aimed at creating awareness among the student community of how to carry out rescue operations.

The university NSS Cell has 250 units in the engineering colleges and 25,000 NSS volunteers doing development activities in adopted villages. The vice-chancellor also released the proceedings of a seminar, “Technologies for Rural Development”, at the exhibition on September 13.

An integrated textile processing park, ‘SIMA textile processing centre’, comprising three or four parks would(within 18 to 24 months) soon be setup by South India Mills Association at Cuddalore SIPCOT area to promote textile processing.

About 1100 acres of land for the first phase,to accommodate seven processing units at an outlay of Rs.500 crore, have already been allotted and infrastructural works would begin in another 40 days.

Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Service (ILFS), the implementing agency would be working on impact assessment study, pollution study and also bankable projects for SIMA.

The centre would be careful in setting up the common effluent treatment plant. The proposed park has been assured of at least 10 to 15 MLD water.

The association would also motivate the farmers to go in for contract farming in cotton, which would benefit both them and end users.

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