Web Feet This is a great little site for those of us that need assistance regarding our e-mail, e-mail address books, etc. It provides information and resources for electronic mail, as well as pointing to other information and resources. If you have trouble transferring your old address book to your new e-mail program, need help sending or opening attached files; or just have a general query regarding e-mail this is a free one stop reasource for solving electronic-mail problems. This is a very eclectic site dealing with third-world artisans, their cultures and even vacation trips to interact with them. One of the departments of this site and its links is the Jambtown Travel Club, which deals with journeys into third world environments to experience the local art and to interact with the artisans who construct it.This site is linked to another interesting group, which calls itself the Fair Trade Federation. The FTF is an association of fair-trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers committed to providing fair wages and employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. FTF directly links low-income producers with consumer markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products which support living wages and safe and healthy conditions for workers in the developing world. This website will provide hours of fun for lovers and devotees of the sublime culinary arts.Whether your interest leans toward style, wine tasting, menu development, restaurant reviews, or actual cooking the subject is covered here. The site contains weekly field reports on international cooking, recipe files, gift ideas, recipe and drink of the day, and of course a shopping area where one can spend one’s hard-earned currency at the likes of Williams-Sonoma or Dean & Deluca. There is even a sweepstakes to win a trip to New Orleans, sponsored by Zantac no less. You may take your own meaning from that. Vive l’epicuriosity! 4) www.loc.gov/folklife/ryko.html The Endangered Music Project is one of the most important and directly effectual programs that our congress funds. It preserves endangered musical cultures all around the globe from extinction. The Endangered Music Project draws its material from the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress. From the archival holdings, the series unearths unique field recordings spanning the world and dating from the turn of the century to the present. Many of the cultural traditions practiced by the people on these recordings are in danger of extinction; others have vanished altogether, leaving only the recorded songs behind. The material for each of the titles has been compiled from many hours of source masters, which have been meticulously restored and re-mastered. Most or all of these songs have never been heard by the public! The entire project, as well as the series, is produced and curated by former and forever Greatful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and Dr. Alan Jabhuor, former director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Some of the titles include music from the rain forests of South America and the Caribbean; Indonesia, Brazil, Cuba, and many more. If you love rare ethnic music you should not miss this site! | ||
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