Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/22/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

JPG, GIF, PNG – what the heck are all these file formats for, and how the heck do they work? Well, they’re compression formats to help slim down the size of graphics files or photos so you can store more files on your hard drive or digital camera’s memory card, and so you can send files faster across the Internet. What do those letters stand for, and how does graphic compression work? Listen up.

Common Health 1/21/09

Producer/Host: Jim Fisher

Studio Engineer: Joel Mann

Topic: Outdoor Recreation and Health

What are the trends for outdoor recreation?  What are some of the health benefits?  What is the role of a guide in outdoor exploration?

Guests:  Sheridan Steele, Superintendent, Acadia National Park;  Darrin Kelly, owner of Andea EcoExpeditions

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Weekend Voices 1/17/09

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Contributing Producers: Carolyn Coe, Isatou Jobarteh

Topics: We talk with 2 women from the US (Kathy Kelly and Audrey Stewart) who traveled to Gaza last week in hopes of telling the stories the mainstream corporate media are ignoring about the attack on Palestine, Carolyn Coe talks with an Iraqi family that has been forced to take refuge in Syria, and Isatou Jobarteh brings us some of the news from West Africa.

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Kathy Kelly,  (Voices for Creative Non-Violence, http://vcnv.org/)  &  Audrey Stewart, (Loyola Law Clinic), will be posting reports on http://electronicintifada.net/ and http://www.counterpunch.org/ .

Direct Aid Iraq: http://www.directaidiraq.org/