Friday, June 11, 2010

“Civil War Trails Map-Guides Now Available - Chattanoogan” plus 2 more

“Civil War Trails Map-Guides Now Available - Chattanoogan” plus 2 more

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Civil War Trails Map-Guides Now Available - Chattanoogan

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:53 AM PDT

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 Civil War Trails Map-Guides Now Available
posted June 11, 2010

The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development announces the Tennessee Civil War Trails map-guides are now available, marking the upcoming 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

The map-guides chart nearly 200 Civil War sites throughout the state and serve as a tool to reach and inspire users to discover Tennessees rich Civil War history.

Tennessees Civil War Trails program, part of a multi-state Civil War Trails initiative, interprets and creates driving tours of both the great campaigns and the lesser-known Civil War sites. Tennessee, second only to Virginia in Civil War sites, joins North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia in this important project.


The entire program has been identified by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of the most successful and sustainable heritage tourism programs in the nation.

"We know the Civil Sesquicentennial will focus the world's attention on this pivotal time in our nation's history. We expect thousands of visitors to make their way to Tennessee to learn about the state's role in the war, said Commissioner Susan Whitaker, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and co-chair of the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Travelers to Tennessee can pick up this very well-designed Civil War Trails map-guide and have the perfect tool to explore the states Civil War history.

The department worked in partnership with the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area to develop the map-guide. The states Civil War Trails Program exists because of two enhancement grants totaling more than $1 million made possible through a federally-funded program administered by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

More than 500,000 brochures were printed and are now available at all 14 Tennessee Welcome Centers. Visitors can request the map-guides via www.civilwartraveler.com , www.tncivilwar150.com or by calling (615) 741-2159.

Tennessee, the only entire state designated as a Civil War National Heritage area, currently has 150 newly interpreted trail markers as part of this program, with an additional 150 sites currently in the works. Each newly interpreted site encourages visitors to explore the markers along the trail at ones own pace. In addition, Tennessees Civil War Trail offers many additional historical and recreational opportunities including preserved battlefields, hundreds of antique and specialty shops, taverns and restaurants, and much more.

The five-state Civil War Trails program creates a cross promotion marketing effort that places 2.5 million map-guides in the hands of travelers. The entire program identifies more than 1,000 places that tell the stories of civilians and soldiers during the Civil War in Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.

The Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War from 2011 to 2015. The states Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will commemorate this anniversary by sponsoring an annual signature event throughout the five-year observance. Among the highlights are scholarly discussions, living history events, stories of the Civil War, brief dramas and musical performances.

For more information, please visit
www.tncivilwar150.com.

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Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:03 PM PDT

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İstanbul without a map - Today's Zaman

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:20 AM PDT

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 But this useful tool has been largely inaccessible in recent days. The Telecommunications Board (TIB) recently imposed a slowdown on several Google services, extending the ban that has been in place against YouTube, which is owned by Google, for the past couple of years. Turkish Internet users could, until recently, circumvent the ban by accessing YouTube via a proxy server, but the new regulation closes that loophole.

These online services are not just useful to individual surfers; they have commercial applications. Hotels use the maps on their websites to guide foreign visitors, banks can point their customers to the nearest ATM and many companies choose to store documents online so they can be easily viewed by their employees. In short, limiting access to such services is not just an inconvenience, it has become an economic issue.

The power of the Internet is well understood in Turkey. In the past five years, ADSL connections have increased four-fold and Turk Telekom announced only a few days ago that it was launching a new project, "Internet for every home," to increase Internet penetration even further. E-commerce sales amounted to nearly TL 10 billion in the past year and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently gathered new media providers to promote his democratic opening, recognizing that the Internet is now a popular source of news.

But the government's vision for the digital age has to be accompanied by a change of mentality. No one is disputing the need for adequate regulation of the Internet to prevent its use for criminal activities and to protect users' privacy. Google recently landed in hot water in Germany after it was discovered that the roving cars it used for its Street View service had "mistakenly" been collecting private data from unsecure wifi networks. Facebook has also faced a storm of protests worldwide for its careless disregard for users' privacy.

The legislation in place in Turkey, far from being attuned to the rapidly changing communications environment in which we live, is a blunt instrument that allows mass blocking of sites deemed to incite to suicide or to promote the sexual exploitation or abuse of children, drug use or obscenity. But it has mainly been wielded to curb freedom of expression for alleged "crimes against Atatürk." Reporters without Borders, which has placed Turkey on its "countries under surveillance" list, describes the current approach as an "archaic form of control, which prevents Turks from accessing Web 2.0's potential."

Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım further confused the issue by blaming Google for the current situation and suggesting that YouTube, which has been fined TL 30 million by the Finance Ministry, could speed up the lifting of the ban if it registered in Turkey and paid taxes.

So which is it? Is the ban based on anachronistic laws unsuited to the requirements of the digital age, or is the latest slowdown a means of pressure to convince the companies involved to sort out their tax status?

In either case, the real losers are Turkish Internet users and Turkey itself. "I do not want Turkey to be included among the countries that ban YouTube and prevent access to Google," President Abdullah Gül was recently quoted as saying. "If there are problems due to our legislation, there should be ways to overcome that." Let's hope the government hears him.
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