"In Your Memory" - a song dedicated to the victims of the tsunami

9:42 AM Internet at Every Where

I received a email request to post this up.



Kelly Snyder, a new singer-songwriter from New York wrote and sang this very touching song that she dedicates to the victims of the asian tsunami.



Take a listen, click here or here to listen to this poignant song and accompanying photo montage that says so much about how the world feels...



People from all over the world are truly shocked and saddened by what has happened in Asia and it's really heartwarming to know that despite all the political and cultural divide that's ravaging the world today - there's still kindness out there!



Thank you Kelly and all the best in your music career. You have a truly wonderful voice.

Let's hit the beach of Penang!

12:58 AM Internet at Every Where

Sorry for the irregular contribution. Not sure what to contribute 'cos mainadmin has done a good job compiling all the important news. But there is something that I would like to share with all the Penangites. This is just my personal thoughts related to the tsunami aftermath.



Since the fateful day until now, a month later, I have not taken my children to the beach. Usually, we will go to the beach every weekend, fishing, playing in the sands, swimming or just hanging around. We usually go to Sungai Batu in Teluk Kumbar, behind Dalat School and also Miami Beach. But now...*sigh* we seems to be hanging around shopping malls. Probably because of the heatwave too.







It is time we get back to the beach. Picnics, swimming, building sand-castles, so many things to do at the beaches of Penang.





News - Tsunami bringing long list of profiteers

5:56 AM Internet at Every Where

JAKARTA, Indonesia. -- For those looking to make a buck, head to tsunami-wrecked Sumatra. A land in need of plenty. This disaster, like others before it, has its long list of profiteers. Some are black market vendors making money off misery: pirated DVDs of the tsunami's real-life horror show are now on sale in Indonesia, Thailand and India. But there are also people and companies making legitimate profit from the business of disaster relief. Aid agencies distributing critical food and medical supplies are doing much of their buying locally - pumping millions of dollars into companies that make the dried noodles, rice, mineral water and medicine that gets handed out to survivors. USAID, the American government's foreign aid agency, has spent $39 million in Indonesia since the disaster struck, spokeswoman Roberta Rossi said by telephone from Banda Aceh. Buying supplies is only part of the expense. Cartons of aid need to be delivered in vehicles, and the agency allocated $1 million just to cover the rental of 80 trucks and drivers, Rossi said. Acehnese who speak English are also in high demand by aid agencies and journalists who need translators. The going rate is $50 a day - the rough equivalent of a civil servant's monthly wage in pre-disaster Aceh.



Read the full article here.

News - No laughing matter

5:40 AM Internet at Every Where

New York. The host of a New York morning radio show and the rest of her on-air crew were suspended indefinitely Wednesday for airing a tasteless song parody that mocked victims of the catastrophic South Asia tsunami. The song included references to "screaming chinks" and orphaned children "sold into child slavery." The chorus began, "So now you're screwed, it's a tsunami, you'd better run ... go find your mommy." The song, a parody of the charity single "We Are the World," aired last Friday on Emmis station WQHT-FM, known locally as Hot 97. The station was subsequently flooded with thousands of angry phone calls demanding the firing of morning show host Tarsha Jones, known on air as Miss Jones and her sidekick Todd Lynn.



Read the full article here.

Stories - Indonesian techie group seeks aid

12:04 AM Internet at Every Where

Indonesia. A group of IT techies are setting up wireless Internet kiosks across the Aceh city for aid groups and journalists. The group named The Aceh Media Center (acehmedia center.or.id/eng/) boasted more than 100,000 hits in less than a month of operations. The site includes frequent news updates and has a database of missing persons. Relief groups say that the service has been invaluable in helping them do their work as Banda Aceh slowly rebounds. Distribution and coordination were the biggest hurdles as some people gets rice and needed water; and others got water and needed rice.



The Aceh Media Center is still recruiting help to drive its expansion across the province, asking donors for 40 to 80 laptops, five global-positioning systems, five satellite phones, six pairs of wireless communications, and 20 walkie-talkies, among other things. They also want a solar panel and electrical generators to power the venture.

News - Deadline for tsunami donations in Malaysia

11:52 PM Internet at Every Where

Malaysia. All funds for local tsunami victims, including those set up by the media, must be closed by Feb 1. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who issued the directive yesterday, said that the last date for the collection of such tsunami-related funds was Jan 31. �After that, all these funds must be closed because the collection to date is more than adequate. We cannot have funds that are open-ended because that will give rise to the possibility of abuse,� he said after chairing a National Disaster Committee meeting here yesterday. He, however, said that organisers of funds for tsunami victims in other countries would be allowed to continue collecting donations. Najib said the collection for local tsunami victims currently stood at almost RM80mil, with nearly half of it already disbursed to the victims through the National Disaster Fund. He said that the committee, at the meeting, also approved aid for local tsunami victims whose household goods were lost or damaged in the disaster. Those who suffered losses of RM2,000 or more would receive RM2,000 while those whose losses were valued at less than RM2,000 would receive RM1,000.



Source: STAR North.