24 cds record hourly surface readings internationally from 1995-2002.

v.1. Greenland, England, Northern Europe
v.2. Central Europe
v.3. Eastern and southern Europe and the Mediterranean
v.4. Northeastern Europe and Asia
v.5. Ulan Bator (Mongolia), Middle East and Southern Asia
v.6. Africa and Indian Ocean
v.7. Eastern United States
v.8. Central United States
v.9. Western United States
v.10. Alaska and Canada
v.11. Mexico, Caribbean, Central/South America and Antarctica
v.12. Australia, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean and Hawaii
v.13. Greenland Europe, and Asia
v. 14. Asia, Middle East, and Africa
v. 15. United States
v. 16. Canada, Mexico, South America, Central America, Oceania and Antartica
v. 17. Greenland, Europe, and Asia (2001)
v. 18. Asia, Middle East, and Africa (2001)
v. 19. United States (2001)
v. 20. Canada, Mexico, South America, Central America, Oceania and Antarctica (2001)
V. 13-16 have title: Integrated surface hourly 2000
V. 17-20 have title: Integrated surface hourly observations 2001
V. 21- have title: Integrated surface hourly observations 2002

A great search engine from the UN for finding international data.

This UN site provides links to the primary statistical agencies of countries around the world.

The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) is an Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) product originally developed for the US Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) using DMA data. We used the DCW 1993 version at 1:1,000,000 scale. The DMA data sources are aeronautical charts, which emphasize landmarks important from flying altitudes. This explains why there is a separate aeronautical theme with all conceivable airports, yet why on some themes small islands and lakes are simply unnamed points. ESRI, in compiling the DCW, also eliminated some detail and made some assumptions for handling tiny polygons and edgematching. Also, note that the completeness of the thematic categories present in each layer will vary. Please read the layer descriptions (through links in the following table).

Provides a variety of reports, publications, data and statistics on matters relating to health, nutrition and population in underdeveloped countries.  Some topics covered are: health systems development; population/reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; nutrition; poverty and health, and public health.  Information can be searched by topic, country, and region.

One-stop data source for health, nutrition and population indicators from various national and international data sources. Provides direct access to more than 100 indicators, with time series for countries and country groups from 1960 to the most recent year, where data are available.

Data covers: core health indicators; mortality and health status;disease statistics; health system statistics; risk factors and health service coverage, and inequities in health.

Kaiser foundation website provides basic health facts for most countires, and includes citations and links to the data sources.

World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations specialized agency for health. Topics often include databases for data on health topics by country.

    
 

International public health agency provides data, scientific, technical, and topical information on health issues in  Latin America and Caribbean.

"The Trouble With Larry." Forbes (2004) Vol. 173 Issue 6, p84, 1p

The article is a response to Lessig and his beliefs than anything else.  The technology section of Forbes Magazine is usually not a theater for copyright arguments and Manes goal is clear from the beginning of the article: to discredit Lessig and his extreme view of fair use.  As such, Manes’ arguments are less academic and more of a subjective style.  While this has limited value, Manes opinion serves as at least a dissenting view of the situation.  It is these general disagreements in which Manes basis his article.

            Manes believes that there is a strong need for a balanced definition of fair use for copyright law, but that Lessig’s opinion is far too liberal, allowing for illegal activities to occur at the expense of the creators.  To finish his attack on Lessig, Manes points to a Supreme Court ruling that Lessig lost attempting to reform the current copyright law.  Lessig believes in legal file sharing and is a proponent of technology, whereas Manes prefers current law is adequate.

            A major point of disagreement comes from the fact that Manes believes a new copyright law similar in proposal to Lessig’s would be detrimental to our current international copyright law.  If changed, Manes argues, it could effectively destroy treaties, agreements, and current practices of media culture, thus greatly affecting America’s cultural export.

            The closing comment relates to my thesis in that Manes argues that current copyright law has established the United States as the major culture center in the world.  He states that “our intellectual property provides America’s greatest worldwide successes,” and that current copyright law facilitates this flow.  Manes credits current copyright law to the success and globalization of American movies and music and that Lessig’s attempt to change copyright laws would greatly detriment this.

"Piracy battle a global one, Shiner tells AFM attendees." Hollywood Reporter -- Internaional (2005) Vol. 391 Issue 37, p96-96, 1/3p

This article from the Hollywood Reporter describes the message given y Josette Sheeran Shiner on behalf of the US Secretary of State at the American Federation of Musicians.  Shiner states that international intellectual property protection is important for everyone, not just studios in Hollywood.  Shiner states that the problem of intellectual piracy is rampant in the world in nearly all sectors, not just entertainment.

            Shiner credits the MPA for its work protecting film products, but she states that the problem is much broader than the ‘audiovisual sector.’  The same problem that exists with intellectual piracy in film also exists with “manufactured good from baby foods to automobile parts,” Shiner states, highlighting the need for better protection.  In attempts to strengthen protection of US goods, the United States has joined APAC and the G8 with hopes of timely positive results.

            As countries develop protection against piracy, Shiner claims that they tend to strengthen their own investment and brand names as well.  Shiner refers to China as a region in which positive progress has been made to protect intellectual property with encouraging results.

            This article points to the fact that countries that better protect intellectual property, better protect their own property, and in turn help cultivate it.  Intellectual property theft is extremely common in China and as steps are taken to protect rights, brands and exports are cultivated and delivered to the rest of the world.  Piracy in China has greatly hurt the Chinese film industry however, as law enforcement of intellectual property improves, the cultivation of film improves.

            American cinema benefits from this through distribution and potential value for American remakes of movies.  Few mainland Chinese movies are released in America due to the lack of quality from extensive piracy.  However, once practices change, both China and the United State can greatly benefit from better product production, distribution, and authorized adaptation.

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