From - Tue Sep 12 18:35:55 2006 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 X-Mozilla-Keys: FCC: mailbox://dharris%40darwinday.org@pop.darwinday.org/Sent X-Identity-Key: id9 Message-ID: <4506FE0B.4040006@darwinday.org> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:35:55 +0000 From: David Harris X-Mozilla-Draft-Info: internal/draft; vcard=0; receipt=0; uuencode=0 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Darwinday website Links layout Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Anthony,

Bob asked me to attempt to clarify his message about how we are proposing to integrate your research product about relevant Links into the pages of DarwinDay.org.  I will put my additions in square brackets [like this].

We would adjust the formatting of headings etc. to look like the other pages.

  - David

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The "links" button below would appear on the Homepage [as a new button visually like the navbar buttons, but located as a 6th entry in the list of "ways you can participate"]. My thought is that newcomers would go to these links to get ideas about how they could participate. I have talked to David about placing the links button on the main Navbar but that's not too easy at this time but we might do it at a later date if and when the Navbar needs to be further expanded. I'm hoping that the way it reads now will be helpful in assisting newcomers with ways they can participate. Does this sound OK to you?

Thanks,
Bob

 
[Approximation to the appearance of the button in English:  ]
                                             
LINKS  to sample-websites for you to browse for ideas on how to celebrate Darwin, Science and Humanity.

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LINKS TO DARWIN-DAY RELATED WEBSITES
 

[Each of these table of contents elements will be an URL that links to its collection below on the same page (for now), or to a separate page if the Links page becomes too long and we need to subdivide.  So the reader can click on a heading in the  Table of Contents and be jumped directly to the indicated element below.  At the end of each element a little "Back" button would return the person to the Table of Contents.]

* Samples of DarwinDay EVENTS Planned For Bicentennial Celebrations in 2009
* Samples of DarwinDay EVENTS Held at Universities in Past Years
* Samples of International DarwinDay Websites.
* On-line Full-Text Versions of Darwin's Publications.
* Darwin-Related Websites

* Evolution-Related Websites


SAMPLES OF DARWIN-DAY EVENTS PLANNED FOR BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS IN 2009
It's not too early to begin planning your event for Darwin's Bicentennial Celebration of Science and Humanity!  Below are some sample-websites announcing plans for 2009

 
   Darwin's Birthplace: Sites and Activities
  http://www.darwinshrewsbury.com
Darwin's birthplace, Shrewsbury, England, holds a month-long festival yearly honoring Darwin.  From their website: "The Darwin Festival was founded in 2003 in recognition of the fact that Darwin's bicentenary was looming and it was fitting that the town of his birth should mark the event.  We now attract international speakers and international visitors to our event.  Our keynote speaker in February 06 was Richard Dawkins."  Shrewsbury plans a major festival in 2009, to honor the bicentennial of Darwin's birth (February 12, 1809).

I moved the URL for Towards 2009 into second place just below because it was about 2009 as the title to this section says. The other URLs are below -- if you see this differently that's fine. -Bob

    *http://www.darwinshrewsbury.com/about 
The organizers of Shrewsbury 2009 have drawn together the arts and the sciences to create a constantly evolving and wide ranging programme that will expand over the coming years, culminating in 2009 with a calendar of events, which will form the epicentre of the global anniversary celebrations.

     *http://www.shrewsburytourism.co.uk
Information about the town of Shrewsbury.

    *http://www.darwinbirthplace.com
Official website of the Darwin Birthplace Society. From their website: " The Society will provide a formal network, gathering all with an interest in Darwin and his birthplace. It is potentially a vehicle for the acquisition of funding for the many exciting projects in the pipeline and will offer members the opportunity to help to preserve Charles Darwin's heritage for the future. Members can become actively involved in the work for the preservation of Darwin's Birthplace in Shrewsbury."

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http://www.thebeagleproject.com/thevision.html
The Beagle Project: From their website: "The Pembrokeshire Beagle will be a working replica of the boat on which the young Charles Darwin sailed between 1831 and 1836…We intend that the replica Beagle will inspire a new generation of scientists and play a crucial role in increasing public understanding of science…Beagle will sail with crews of young students who will undertake scientific research and environmental monitoring, and will be mentored by science professionals seconded from universities and industry…[The Beagle replica] will be the focus of worldwide attention during the Darwin 200 celebrations in 2009, which will celebrate and promote the life and work of Charles Darwin."

* http://www.thebeagleproject.com/darwin200.html 

* http://www.aboutdarwin.com/voyage/voyage01.html
Overview, with delightfully instructive maps, of the Beagle voyage.

* http://www.aboutdarwin.com/voyage/voyage02.html
Historical summary of events leading up to Darwin's Beagle Voyage.

* http://www.aboutdarwin.com/voyage/voyage03.html
History of the Beagle voyage.

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* http://evolution2009@unk.edu [???]
University of Nebraska Symposium on Evolution: In celebration of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his work, On the Origin of Species, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Biology Department (BHS 211A) will sponsor a symposium on evolution.  Guest speakers:
§ Randy Moore, University of Minnesota [http://www.gen.umn.edu/facultyStaff/moore];
§ Jack Horner, Montana State University [http://mtprof.msun.edu/Spr2004/horner.html];
§ Rob Knight, University of Colorado [http://bayes.colorado.edu/];
§ Lisa Steiner, MIT [http://mit.edu/biology/www/facultyareas/facresearch/steiner.shtml];
§ Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College [http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/sgilber1/];
§ Donald Johanson, Arizona State University [http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/johanson.html].
In addition, they plan a poster session open to registration by students and faculty.  They also plan a dinner the evening of September 3 which the guest speakers will attend and converse.

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