We hope this link will be very useful for PhD students struggling to master statistics.
http://my.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html#books
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
ICIMOD Books to be on-line by June 5th
Dear Friends,
We are pleased to inform you about the soft-opening of ICIMOD Books On-line. By soft opening, we mean that the site can now be accessed by outside users, but that we are not yet making any official announcement.
The site will be officially 'launched' on World Environment Day (June 5), we will use the time until then to identify and iron out any problems, if any. The resource is available at http://www.books.icimod.org , which is hosted along with the ICIMOD website in the USA, or can be accessed via the ICIMOD website.
Users accessing this site from ICIMOD will be automatically directed to an internal host, which is a copy of the above site but makes the resources accessible more quickly. ICIMOD Books On-line is a repository of downloadable electronic versions of ICIMOD technical /scientific publications in pdf files. It contains full-text and chapter-wise download options for all technical /scientific publications issued after year 2000 plus a few selected earlier publications, especially popular out-of-print manuals.
The title and table of contents will be posted for all other earlier publications, with an option to request the pdf file or photocopy (scan on demand). All books can also be ordered in hard copy.
The catalogue is searchable using full-text contents, title, year of publication, keywords, language, author and broad subjects. There are 140 ICIMOD publications (with 1300 pdfs) already added to the database, 103 documents of which are in complete full-text form and an additional 37 have the title page and contents page.
The e-library working team IKM-IMCO
Source: email correspondence from Tek Jung Mahat at tmahat@icimod.org to ATREE
We are pleased to inform you about the soft-opening of ICIMOD Books On-line. By soft opening, we mean that the site can now be accessed by outside users, but that we are not yet making any official announcement.
The site will be officially 'launched' on World Environment Day (June 5), we will use the time until then to identify and iron out any problems, if any. The resource is available at http://www.books.icimod.org , which is hosted along with the ICIMOD website in the USA, or can be accessed via the ICIMOD website.
Users accessing this site from ICIMOD will be automatically directed to an internal host, which is a copy of the above site but makes the resources accessible more quickly. ICIMOD Books On-line is a repository of downloadable electronic versions of ICIMOD technical /scientific publications in pdf files. It contains full-text and chapter-wise download options for all technical /scientific publications issued after year 2000 plus a few selected earlier publications, especially popular out-of-print manuals.
The title and table of contents will be posted for all other earlier publications, with an option to request the pdf file or photocopy (scan on demand). All books can also be ordered in hard copy.
The catalogue is searchable using full-text contents, title, year of publication, keywords, language, author and broad subjects. There are 140 ICIMOD publications (with 1300 pdfs) already added to the database, 103 documents of which are in complete full-text form and an additional 37 have the title page and contents page.
The e-library working team IKM-IMCO
Source: email correspondence from Tek Jung Mahat at tmahat@icimod.org to ATREE
Invitation to e-Conference on Climate Change and the Himalayan Glaciers
Hello Readers,
EAN is a member driven professional organisation of Environment Science, Environment Management and Environmental Engineering university graduates and professionals having long experience in the field of environment and development with special focus in Nepal.
Established in 2003, EAN aims to strengthen cooperation among the concerned professionals and build a network of like minded people and organisations in Nepal and abroad to ensure environmental sustainability in Nepal
We are pleased to inform you that the Environmentalists' Association of Nepal (EAN) in association with the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST), Government of Nepal, is organising an e-conference on "Climate Change and the Himalayan Glaciers" form 7th May 2007 to 28th May 2007, to celebrate the World Environment Day in Nepal and the Himalaya. The event is supported by many international, regional, national organisations based in Nepal and abroad.
The objective of this e-conference is to facilitate a series of dialogues on the e-conference theme between different stakeholders. Synthesis of the first event in this series will be released on 5 June 2007, to mark the World Environment Day 2007. The e-conference is being organised to realise a need to promote knowledge sharing mechanism on the e-conference theme.
It's our great pleasure to invite you all to the e-conference and we hope your participation will be very useful in exploring and documenting various issues related to climate change and its impacts in particular to the youngest and most fragile mountain range of the world and also to promote information sharing mechanism in the region.
More information is available online at http://www.freewebs.com/climatehimalaya/index.htm .
You may also subscribe to the e-conference by sending your preferred email ID, full name and affiliation, if applicable.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you need more information or any clarification regarding the e-conference. You are also requested to forward the invitation to any individual or institutions, who you think would be interested to join and contribute.
We look forward to seeing your active participation in the e-conference.
Once again, welcome one and all, and thank you for joining us: We look forward to getting to know you!
With best regards,
Dr. Madan Koirala and Mr. Tek Jung Mahat
On behalf of the E-conference team
URL: http://www.freewebs.com/climatehimalaya/index.htm
Email: climatehimalaya@gmail.com
C/o Environmentalists' Association of Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
E-mail: eannepal@gmail.com
Web: http://www.ean.org.np/
Tel: 977 1 4410565, 4421071
Fax: 977 1 4411730--
"The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die." - Martin Luther King
Source: email correspondence to Mr Samuel Thomas, ATREE's Communications Officer from Tek Jung Mahat at tmahat@icimod.
EAN is a member driven professional organisation of Environment Science, Environment Management and Environmental Engineering university graduates and professionals having long experience in the field of environment and development with special focus in Nepal.
Established in 2003, EAN aims to strengthen cooperation among the concerned professionals and build a network of like minded people and organisations in Nepal and abroad to ensure environmental sustainability in Nepal
We are pleased to inform you that the Environmentalists' Association of Nepal (EAN) in association with the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST), Government of Nepal, is organising an e-conference on "Climate Change and the Himalayan Glaciers" form 7th May 2007 to 28th May 2007, to celebrate the World Environment Day in Nepal and the Himalaya. The event is supported by many international, regional, national organisations based in Nepal and abroad.
The objective of this e-conference is to facilitate a series of dialogues on the e-conference theme between different stakeholders. Synthesis of the first event in this series will be released on 5 June 2007, to mark the World Environment Day 2007. The e-conference is being organised to realise a need to promote knowledge sharing mechanism on the e-conference theme.
It's our great pleasure to invite you all to the e-conference and we hope your participation will be very useful in exploring and documenting various issues related to climate change and its impacts in particular to the youngest and most fragile mountain range of the world and also to promote information sharing mechanism in the region.
More information is available online at http://www.freewebs.com/climatehimalaya/index.htm .
You may also subscribe to the e-conference by sending your preferred email ID, full name and affiliation, if applicable.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you need more information or any clarification regarding the e-conference. You are also requested to forward the invitation to any individual or institutions, who you think would be interested to join and contribute.
We look forward to seeing your active participation in the e-conference.
Once again, welcome one and all, and thank you for joining us: We look forward to getting to know you!
With best regards,
Dr. Madan Koirala and Mr. Tek Jung Mahat
On behalf of the E-conference team
URL: http://www.freewebs.com/climatehimalaya/index.htm
Email: climatehimalaya@gmail.com
C/o Environmentalists' Association of Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
E-mail: eannepal@gmail.com
Web: http://www.ean.org.np/
Tel: 977 1 4410565, 4421071
Fax: 977 1 4411730--
"The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die." - Martin Luther King
Source: email correspondence to Mr Samuel Thomas, ATREE's Communications Officer from Tek Jung Mahat at tmahat@icimod.
1500 tribals in Gateha, MP attacked and forced to leave the land
On 19th April 2007, MP (Madhya Pradesh) state police and forest department officials rushed to Ghateha village in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh and using fire and tear gas, they forcibly made 1500 tribals vacate the land near the village.
The tribal communities were not issued any notices under Sections 26, 32 and 80 A of the Indian Forest Act.
You can read the full article here at http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/may/soc-ghateha.htm
The tribal communities were not issued any notices under Sections 26, 32 and 80 A of the Indian Forest Act.
You can read the full article here at http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/may/soc-ghateha.htm
Two Appeals
Appeal from Salim Ali Foundation
Dear Readers,
Many of you might be aware of a Hydro-Electric Project that is scheduled to come up in the Athirappilly region. The Athirappilly - Vazhachal area in the southern Western Ghats of Kerala hosts a unique ecosystem of evergreen, riverine forests intermingled with Myristica swamps.
This ecosystem supports a large number of endemic, rare, threatened and endangered species of plants and animals. As science is still discovering many new species from the area, a hydro-electric project threatens to wipe out these forests.
The Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samithi (CPSS) has been at the forefront of much of the protests and activities against the dam with limited resources. The Sálim Ali Foundation has recently joined hands with them to help the cause.
We have recently made a website www.salimalifoundation.org, where we have attempted to collate information on the dam, the loss foreseen, the procedural flaws in the proposal, and activities scheduled with the help of CPSS.
We are planning a meeting of researchers who have worked in this region to collate all information available to make a strong case against the dam.
While many individuals and groups in the affected region have been campaigning against this dam, including organizing a 90 day satyagraha by the local people, the problem seems to be little known to people outside this region.
We are hence planning a series of meetings to increase public awareness regarding the same.
We are also hoping to raise some funds for such activities.
Support the Salim Ali Foundation
Dear Readers,
Many of you might be aware of a Hydro-Electric Project that is scheduled to come up in the Athirappilly region. The Athirappilly - Vazhachal area in the southern Western Ghats of Kerala hosts a unique ecosystem of evergreen, riverine forests intermingled with Myristica swamps.
This ecosystem supports a large number of endemic, rare, threatened and endangered species of plants and animals. As science is still discovering many new species from the area, a hydro-electric project threatens to wipe out these forests.
The Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samithi (CPSS) has been at the forefront of much of the protests and activities against the dam with limited resources. The Sálim Ali Foundation has recently joined hands with them to help the cause.
We have recently made a website www.salimalifoundation.org, where we have attempted to collate information on the dam, the loss foreseen, the procedural flaws in the proposal, and activities scheduled with the help of CPSS.
We are planning a meeting of researchers who have worked in this region to collate all information available to make a strong case against the dam.
While many individuals and groups in the affected region have been campaigning against this dam, including organizing a 90 day satyagraha by the local people, the problem seems to be little known to people outside this region.
We are hence planning a series of meetings to increase public awareness regarding the same.
We are also hoping to raise some funds for such activities.
Support the Salim Ali Foundation
Wear a Salim Ali Foundation T shirt today!
The wildlife of Athirappilly - Vazhachal region will be grateful to you!
We are currently selling two t-shirts. The money you spend on buying a T shirt will go to save the wildlife of the Athirappilly - Vazhachal region.
The t-shirts showcase some wonderful art work done by leading wildlife artist Maya Ramaswamy. The diversity of birds and animals depicted in the art panels reflects their varied roles in the landscape, and typifies the complex and fragile ecosystem that is under threat by this dam today.
The 'Spectacular Birds' T-shirt 
This is a mosaic of special birds- Malabar Pied Hornbill, Ceylon Frogmouth, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Black Baza, Crimson-backed Sunbird and Malabar Trogon that are found in the forests surrounding the proposed dam site.
The 'Cryptic Creatures' T-shirt
This is a lovely mosaic of some beautiful animals that live in this habitat.
The Malabar civet, Travancore flying squirrel, Nilgiri marten, slender loris, and the endangered cane turtle were once found in large numbers in the Athirappilly - Vazhachal area.
Today, their habitats are threatened and many of these animals are now on the list of critically endangered animals.
Please do visit our site today at www.salimalifoundation.org/to be done.html
There's loads of work to be done.
We would be very grateful to you for your support.
Sincerely
Dr V.S. Vijayan
Chairman,
Salim Ali Foundation
source: email communication from Bharath Sundaram, bharath@atree.org
Help Save Millions of Animals!
Millions of Animals to be Used to for Chemical Testing in Europe
A new European Chemical Testing Policy called REACH has now been finalised by the European Union.Under these proposals chemicals of every imaginable kind -from those used in industrial processes to the ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing untold suffering. Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal techniques, reliable and relevant information will not beprovided and our safety will not be assured.
If you believe that REACH should make more use of Alternative Testing to test 100,000 Chemicals that have been in general use since 1985 then please take action now. If you are a European citizen please contact your local papers and own MP asking them to promote the development of humane non-animal test methods under the REACH legislation,which is the best hope we have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union forthe Abolition of Vivisection) website http://www.buav.org%20(select/ Campaigns and Chemical Testing and then get active by writing to the local press).
For all Non-European members, you can still help.
Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and Europe about REACH. Write to your own local papers to try and inform others about what is going on in Europe.
More information on REACH can be obtained from
http://www.europarl.europa.eu. (search on REACH)http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/chemicals-policy-review-reach/article-117452
Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
Thank You
Tony Gallett
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