The creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, envisioned an information-passing system that would be equally available to all. He and many others worked hard to assure that no one person, group or ideology would control web content and access. He gave the web to all of us, truly an excellent example of Genevieve Vaughan's Gift Economy (http://www.for-giving.com/).

The downside of free access is that Internet plagiarism is as easy as cut and paste. Naming one's resources and getting permission to publish copyrighted materials are time-honored and legally-enforceable practices. This activity frequently gives you the added, and invaluable, gift that comes from networking. Try it out, you may be surprised at how friendly and interactive the web can be. In any case, please value the contributions of each individual on the web. Cite and link to sources; request and publish permissions. If you have questions about what that means, just "Contact Me" (see above).

Graphics Credits

•    I created my logo in Macromedia's Fireworks using a free graphic (which is also on my "Om" page) from Sudheer Birodkar's website, Hindutva (www.hindutwa.com, which seems to have left the web.
•  My directional buttons, also created in Fireworks, are based on an arrow image from Symbols.com (www.symbols.com)..
•    Free graphic (yoni) from Hindutva, (colored with Fireworks) on my Dedication pages.
• Credits for other graphics will appear with the graphics or on References pages for each section of this report..

Text Credits