March, 1975 <;uDIO VISUAL ) Planetary Culture and the New Image of Man Tapes available from the August, 1974, conference hosted by the Lindisfree Assoc., including E.F. Schumacher, Stewart Brand, Carl Sagan, Paolo Soleri ... $6.50 per tape. For details write to: Lin.disfree 50 Fish Cove Rd. Southampton, N.Y. 11968 CAMERA OBSCURA Ore Plan 45-minute slide show. Low cost community recycling system. Contact: Richard Duncan, Systems Science, "' Portland State University Portland, Or. 97207 Open Circuit TV Box 5463 Seattle, Wn. 98105 Formally North Community Television Project, has just published its annual Seattle Video Exchange Directory. It is a listing of individuals, groups, classes, equipment outlets and repair; information on Seattle cable TV, and some national resources. All in this funny 4x6 format. Just get a file..box and you have a Seattle Video file cabinet. $1.00. See also: Art, Education, Information, Rush €oMMUNITY ) Science in the Neighborhood Community Technology Inc. 1520 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 It is such a simple and right idea, flowing into projects, that you hardly need to get -a. copy of their newsletter to understand. Classes, sharing, tool exchanges, neighborhood newsletters (remember the bright kids with purple mimeo newsletters?); small is beautiful; science in the hands of your neighbors; like an .OMSI and community education center where people learn to be selfsufficient and less demanding on either the larger social or environmental systems. News Communities, a program of the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, designed to aid in the development of ecologically sound communities, has been cut back in funding. The 15 new towns now in various stages of completion will have continued limited support, but no new towns will be considered. For information and comments write to: Community Development Corp. HUD 451 7th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20410 Downtown Portland Power Structure In the Willamette Week (Jan. 27, 1974 issue). A nifty 1-1/2 page diagram: the structure of planners, owners, "movers and shakers." Duplication of this for other cities would be illuminating. (320 S.W. Stark, Portland, Or. 97204) Also in Willamette Week (Feb. 3 issue) is a useful diagram of safety/ accident potential of Portland parks, playgrounds, school yards. Page 5 graphic:: Victoria Johnson Dept. of Computer Science, University of Oregon, has announced its 197 5 summer program, consisting of workshops for general computer science; low prerequisite courses and more advanced courses. Write for information: David Moursand Dept. of Computer Science University of Oregon Eugene, Or. 97403 686-4394 URBAN REGIONS: YEAR 2000 €0MPUTERS ) Tom Swift Terminal of Convivial Cybernetic Device LGC Engineering 1807 Delaware St. Berkeley, Ca. 94703 Correction from last month's entry (cost is 501/). Design for an adaptable, modular computer terminal, as much a tool as a toy, or toy as a tool. In its minimum form, called the basic system, it is a box of electronics with a keyboard. It connects to a telephone coupler and to the antenna terminals of a home TV. The text is displayed on the TV screen; lines are 32 characters long, and 16 lines fill a screen. It operates at 30 characters per second. Basic plans are 501/. l .a. Atlantlc Seabord l.b . Lower Gr.at Lakes 2. California R119lon 3. Florida Peninsula 5. E.nt Central Texas- Red River 6. Southern Piedmont 7. North Georgia-south East Ten~WSSM 9. TwlnCitlesReglon 10. Colorado ~mont 12. MetropoUtllnArlzona 13. WlllametteV1111ey 15. Mlssouri-Kau Valley 16. NorthAia ~n\11 17. BlueGrass 18. Southern Coutal Aeln 19. 51111 LakeVIIIIey 20. centrOJIIIIInots 21. N•stwllle Region 22. E•st TennesMe 23. O• hulsl•nd S.sedon 2o(;hlld f•mllyproj-ctlon Computers in the Elementary School: a course for teachers. A publication of the curriculum group ofthe Oregon Council for Computer Education. $1.50. Dept. of Computer Science University of Oregon Eugene, Or. 97403 A course outline and bibliography for use in planned elementary school teacher courses to be taught in winter 1975 in selected schools in Oregon. The depression and recreation. The do~m boom, Time magazine called it. Apparently in reaction to inflation fastly becoming depression, Americans are spending money. Disneyland had to close its gates; Broadway ticket sales are running $6 million ahead of last year's level; sales of Steinway pianos have hit a historic high; ski resorts show marked increases; and travel (not to Europe, but the Caribbean) is on the upswing.
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