NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 30 Nov 2000 - Special issue (#2000-375)
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Topics in this special issue:
1. RESOUR> Web Browsers OpenFAQ (Free Help!)
2. CORRECT> K12> [netsites] Correction: Ask A Biologist
3. MISC> Singapore, S. Korea can lead in bridging digital divide
4. K12> Teachers.Net e-mail Discussion Groups (Mailrings") Mentor & Support
5. MISC> It's Grandpa's Web Too
6. K12> From Terc- Info on ALBERT EINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP:
7. K12> [netsites] The EcoTree
8. K12> [netsites] EnVision Leadership
9. K12> A WAY TO INCUBATE YOUNG MINDS
10. MISC> Recipe Site Serves up European Christmas Dishes
11. RESOUR> Live Coverage! Endeavour Blasting Off to Space Station
12. K12> Staff Morale is topic of School Administrators' Collaborative Meeting
13. RESOUR> [netsites] Operation Torch (North Africa Invasion)
14. RESOUR> [netsites] Simon Wiesenthal Center
15. K12> [netsites] Sesame Street on PBS
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:56:10 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: RESOUR> Web Browsers OpenFAQ (Free Help!)
From: bou...@boutell.com (Thomas Boutell)
Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc
Subject: Web Browsers OpenFAQ (Free Help!)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:21:09 -0600
Web Browsers OpenFAQ
Maintainer: Thomas Boutell, bou...@boutell.com
This document is covered by the GNU Public License. All articles
can be freely reproduced intact under the terms of that license.
Anyone can become a contributor to this document!
For the ANSWERS to these questions or to CONTRIBUTE NEW QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS, PLEASE VISIT:
http://www.boutell.com/openfaq/browsers/
Table of Contents
What is a web browser?
What browsers run on Amiga systems?
What browsers are available for Macintosh systems?
What browsers are available for old MSDOS systems?
Are there browsers for NeXTStep/OpenStep systems?
What text-based UNIX/VMS/Win32 browsers are available?
Emacs has everything! Does it have a web browser?
What web browsers run on VM/CMS systems?
What browsers are available for OLDER Windows machines?
What browsers are available for modern Windows systems?
What web browsers are available for OS/2?
What web browsers work with the X Window System?
How does a web browser work?
How do I reload an applet without restarting Netscape?
What browsers are available for the Newton MessagePad?
What browsers are available for the PalmPilot?
For the ANSWERS to these questions or to CONTRIBUTE NEW QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS, PLEASE VISIT:
http://www.boutell.com/openfaq/browsers/
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:57:09 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: CORRECT> K12> [netsites] Correction: Ask A Biologist
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <asha...@ashlists.org>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] Correction: Ask A Biologist
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:23:00 -0800
http://lifesciences.asu.edu/askabiologist/
"Arizona State University's question and answer resource for K-12
students and their instructors."
Alan
asha...@ashlists.org
http://www.ashlists.org/
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:10:50 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: MISC> Singapore, S. Korea can lead in bridging digital divide
From: Andy Carvin <aca...@benton.org>
To: "Digitaldivide (E-mail)" <digita...@list.benton.org>
Subject: Singapore, S. Korea can lead in bridging digital divide (fwd)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:56:56 -0500
From Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)... -ac
Singapore, S. Korea can lead in bridging digital divide
Singapore's President S.R. Nathan has said Singapore and South Korea can
play a leading role in helping countries bridge the digital divide. This is
because the two countries have put much emphasis in the development of the
IT industry. President Nathan made this point at a state banquet in honour
of visiting South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung. Stressing on the
importance of developing the IT industry, President Nathan said it is one
key area in which both countries could share in the benefits that accrue
from the digital age. Bilateral projects in this area, he added, can
provide a fertile ground for mutual economic and strategic benefits.
<snipped for copyright restrictions>
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/11/26/singaporenews22073.htm
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Andy Carvin an...@benton.org
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
http://edweb.gsn.org/andy
http://www.DigitalDivideNetwork.org
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Visit my new website, Anatolian Fortnight
http://edweb.gsn.org/anatolia
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:44:51 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> Teachers.Net e-mail Discussion Groups (Mailrings") Mentor &
Support
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:22:52 -0500
From: Kathleen Carpenter <kath...@teachers.net>
The Teachers.Net grade level mailrings are bursting with seasonal,
holiday, and curriculum related activities that you're missing out on if
you haven't subscribed. From recipes for gingerbread dough ornaments to
creating and managing a classroom word wall, from dealing with holidays
and multi-culturalism to sharing policies about giving and receiving
gifts, the mailrings offer 24 hour peer support that can't be beat.
Posts to a mailring often receive instant responses from colleagues
around the country, across the globe. Need mentoring? When you belong to
a Teachers.Net mailring you have access to hundreds or thousands of
mentors, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Check out the dozens of mailrings available through the link below. Try
one or more for a month...most people can't leave once they've
experienced what our e-mail discussion groups offer. Teachers and school
administrators at every level, from early childhood through higher ed
will find mailrings designed to meet their varied needs.
Kathleen
Teachers.Net
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:45:12 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: MISC> It's Grandpa's Web Too
From: Andy Carvin <aca...@benton.org>
To: "Digitaldivide (E-mail)" <digita...@list.benton.org>
Subject: It's Grandpa's Web Too (fwd)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:33:45 -0500
From the Providence Journal-Bulletin... -ac
IT'S GRANDPA'S WEB, TOO
Once older people learn how to use the Internet, they spend more time and
money on average than any other demographic group, according to SeniorNet.
http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/story.pl/news/04608251.htm
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Andy Carvin an...@benton.org
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
http://edweb.gsn.org/andy
http://www.DigitalDivideNetwork.org
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Visit my new website, Anatolian Fortnight
http://edweb.gsn.org/anatolia
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:56:58 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> From Terc- Info on ALBERT EINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP:
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:46:36 EST
From: Bonnie Bracey <BBr...@AOL.COM>
Subject: From Terc- Info on ALBERT EINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP:
To: K12A...@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
ALBERT EINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP: WHERE CLASSROOM PRACTICE INFORMS POLICY
Elementary and secondary science and math teachers are encouraged to apply
to spend a year in our nation's capital as an Albert Einstein Distinguished
Educator Fellow. The annual program was enacted in 1994 by Congress and
funded by the Department of Energy - Office of Science, with participation
from NASA and the National Science Foundation. Selected teachers spend up
to one year in a Congressional office or a federal agency. Agencies that
have participated include: the Department of Energy (DOE), the National
Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of
Education (ED), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP). The Fellows provide their educational expertise, years of
experience, and personal insights to these offices.
The Triangle Coalition assists the Department of Energy in the
administration of the Einstein Fellowship program. The Triangle Coalition,
in coordination with the Office of Science, handles the recruitment of
teachers, the application process, the selection process, and the placement
and orientation of the Fellows. Minimum qualifications include: five years
of classroom experience, current full time teaching status, US citizenship,
and a letter of support from a current administrator. Selection is based on
excellence in K-12 mathematics or science teaching; demonstrated
leadership; knowledge of national, state, and local education policies; and
communication and interpersonal skills. The application process opens on
December 1, 2000 and closes on February 1, 2001. A description of this
program and an on-line application can be found at
www.scied.science.doe.gov/Einstein. Additional information about the
program can be found at www.triangle-coalition.org/ein.htm.
FROM: Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education
1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 800-582-0115
Web: www.triangle-coalition.org
E-mail: tri...@triangle-coalition.org
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:16:16 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] The EcoTree
From: Curt Davis <cu...@curtdavis.com>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] The EcoTree
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 04:48:24 -0800
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree
Learn about Trees at EcoTree! The EcoTree website is an image of a
tree... move your cursor over the tree leaves, trunk, roots, fruit,
and the atmosphere and select an area to learn about...
--
http://www.curtdavis.com
Curt's Corner in Cyberspace
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:16:42 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] EnVision Leadership
From: Ray Shiner <lumi...@phayze.com>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] EnVision Leadership
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 04:50:45 -0800
http://www.envisionleadership.com/
The purpose of EnVision Leadershop is "to advance leadership education
of students through experientially based leadership training and
curricula that promote teamwork, service and citizenship. EnVision
Leadership provides programs, workshops and curricula that teach
leadership and inspire students to use their talents, skills and
abilities in service to society."
Ray Shiner
lumi...@phayze.com
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:28:38 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> A WAY TO INCUBATE YOUNG MINDS
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:20:53 EST
From: Bonnie Bracey <BBr...@AOL.COM>
Subject: A WAY TO INCUBATE YOUNG MINDS
To: K12A...@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
A WAY TO INCUBATE YOUNG MINDS
Issue: Philanthropy/EdTech
The Morino Institute's Youth Development Collaborative is an example of
"venture philanthropy." Instead of just writing a check or donating
computers, Morino believes it is important to make an investment upfront to
reap gains later. As a result, the Institute insisted upon hands-on control
over the program that gave $150,000 each to four educational institutions
in Washington, trained two teachers and set up a computer instruction
center in each school. "It jump-started our effort," says Paul McElligott,
director of one of the Washington schools in the program, who credits the
Morino Institute with bringing the school into the technological age. He
says the kids are learning how to work as a team, building their
self-confidence and decision-making skills. The Morino Institute is now
assessing what was learned in this pilot and trying to find funding for the
schools to continue their programs. It has set up a Web site at
http://www.youthlearn.org to post results, and plans to come out with a
report on
the project soon. Then Morino officials will meet with Members of Congress
and others interested in youth development to tell them that just giving
computers to schools doesn't work. "Unless you have the staff training and
technical support, you might as well pour the money down the drain," one
official says.
[SOURCE: Washington Post (E01), Author: Shannon Henry]
(http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4758-2000Nov29.html)
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:05:15 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: MISC> Recipe Site Serves up European Christmas Dishes
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:55:04 -0500
From: "Tina Koenig - Xpress Press(tm)" <tko...@xpresspress.com>
Subject: MISC>Recipe Site Serves up European Christmas Dishes
NEW ON-LINE RECIPE SITE SERVES UP A TASTE OF EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS.
Cambridgeshire, England - Nov. 30, 2000/Xpress Press/ - An unusual
collection of European Christmas
recipes goes on line on Friday 1 December at new web food site
http://www.eat-europe.com.
Festive main courses and desserts from sixteen European countries are
represented in the site's special Christmas section.
Recipes, which are accompanied by comprehensive recommendations for the
best in local wines, range from a traditional preference in five countries
for fish, to rabbit, popular in Holland, ham a favourite in Sweden and
there is a tasty vegetable casserole for your Christmas dinner from Finland.
In Britain, Greece and Spain, turkey is eaten at Christmas but each of
these countries has its own cooking method, sauces and accompaniments.
Goose however is more popular in Germany, France and Denmark.
Visit the site and see if something different should be on your Christmas
menu this year!
Photo caption, photos of all country dishes available by email: A typical
European Christmas dish, this one is from Switzerland from Geneva, where a
French influence is highlighted with the recipe for Genevan Char, a
freshwater fish that is particularly fond of cold, deep water (fish is also
an ancient symbol of renewal, so this is often eaten at the New Year as
well.)
Frohlichi Weihnacht / Joyeux Noel! Happy Christmas
Link to this story online:
http://www.xpresspress.com/news/eateurope2_113000.html
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:52:25 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: RESOUR> Live Coverage! Endeavour Blasting Off to Space Station
From: spac...@SPACE.COM
To: newsl...@SPACE.com
Subject: Live Coverage! Endeavour Blasting Off to Space Station
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:22:35 -0800
SPACE.com Newsletter for Thursday 30 November 2000, http://www.SPACE.com
NEW! Track the International Space Station!
Follow the ISS, Hubble, and Mir with our up-to-the-minute orbital view:
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T1&date=001130&go=/issfeed/
An Astronaut's Point Of View
Check out EarthRISE, our collection of over 100,000 images of Earth as
photograped by the astronauts.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T2&date=001130&go=http://earthrise.space.com/
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LIVE COVERAGE! ENDEAVOUR BLASTING OFF TO SPACE STATION
A quintet of astronauts will climb aboard a fully-fueled shuttle
Endeavour tonight, aiming to take off on a mission that promises to pave
the way to the start-up of scientific research on the International
Space Station.
http://www.space.com/cgibin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T3&date=001130&go=/missionlaunches/missions/sts97_launchpreview_001129.html
SEARCH FOR ANOTHER EARTH QUIETLY UNDERWAY
After a five-year search that has turned up more than 40 giant,
inhospitable planets around other stars, the hunt is quietly underway to
discover another place like home.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T4&date=001130&go=/search
forlife/another_earth_001130_MB.html
IRIDIUM SATELLITE REENTERS ATMOSPHERE OVER ARCTIC OCEAN
The first Iridium telecommunications satellite to reenter the atmosphere
broke up over the Arctic Ocean early Wednesday.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T5&date=001130&go=/busine
sstechnology/business/iridium_crash_001129.html
COLORFUL NEW HUBBLE IMAGE: GALACTIC GAS RING
A new Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a previously unseen ring of
gas inside a nearby galaxy.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T6&date=001130&go=/scienc
eastronomy/astronomy/hubble_galaxy_001130.html
NASA TO CONTACT OLDEST SPACECRAFT ON 35TH ANNIVERSARY
NASA will attempt to contact its oldest operational spacecraft on Dec.
8, almost 35 years to the day after the Pioneer 6 probe was launched
into solar orbit.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T7&date=001130&go=/news/s
paceagencies/pioneer_6_contact_001129.html
MARS PROBES TAKE ON TOUGH CHALLENGES
If engineers at this NASA center have their way, the agency's armada of
future Mars spacecraft will seem to arrive at the Red Planet by
materializing out of thin air.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T8&date=001130&go=/scienc
eastronomy/solarsystem/mars_langley_001129.html
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SPECIAL FEATURES
SpaceTV: Mission Specialist Marc Garneau
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T9&date=001130&go=/spacet
v/
Space Age Gear: Saleen S7
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T10&date=001130&go=/busin
esstechnology/technology/space_gear.html
SpaceWatch: Your New View of the Night Sky!
Your complete multimedia guide to backyard astronomy, updated daily.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T11&date=001130&go=/space
watch/
Sci-Fi-Wise
Meet the New Baron Harkonnen
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T12&date=001130&go=/scien
cefiction/tv/dune_mcneice_001129.html
Uplink: Share your opinion!
The only place where astronaut candidates and amateur astronomers can
meet and post their views!
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T13&date=001130&go=http:/
/uplink.space.com/
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SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (November 30, 2000)
3-Day Solar Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate
through Saturday. An isolated M-class solar flare is possible in either
Region 9242 and 9246.
3-Day Aurora Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to be unsettled
to active. Active to storm periods are possible Thursday night or Friday
night.
Solar Data: Wednesday's sunspot number was 160. Thursday morning's solar
wind speed was 463 kilometers per second (1.04 million mph), and the
solar wind density was 3.6 protons per cubic centimeter. (Speed and
density values are snapshots in time and change during the day.)
For your full space weather forecast:
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T14&date=001130&go=/space
watch/space_weather.html
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ribe/index.php3
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/www.spacekids.com/
Space Shop
Check out Starry Night Pro, Backyard, Backyard SE, and Beginner. It's
the perfect holiday gift. To find out which Starry Night is right for
you, go to:
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/www.starrynight.com
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:03:06 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> Staff Morale is topic of School Administrators' Collaborative
Meeting
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:52:25 -0500
From: Kathleen Carpenter <kath...@teachers.net>
On Monday, December 4 at 9pmE the School Administrators' Collaborative
meets online to discuss methods for building and maintaining staff
morale. The one hour meeting is open to all school administrators
without pre-registration. Simply log on at 9pmE in
http://teachers.net/meetings to join the discussion.
Kathleen Carpenter
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Director of Promotions
Teachers.Net
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:05:06 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Operation Torch (North Africa Invasion)
From: Ben Cooper <acqu...@qwest.net>
To: NetSites <nets...@egroups.com>
Subject: [netsites] Operation Torch (North Africa Invasion)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:27:39 -0800
"In September of 1942 the German Army was at Stalingrad and Gen. Rommel
was at the gates of Egypt with his touted Afrika Corp. The Allies desparately
needed a second front to reverse the eastern assault of the Axis armies.
Operation T
orch was devised to be that second front."
http://www.internet-esq.com/ussaugusta/torch/
Ben Cooper
acqu...@qwest.net
http://www.site-of-the-day.org/
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:05:46 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Simon Wiesenthal Center
From: Ben Cooper <acqu...@qwest.net>
To: NetSites <nets...@egroups.com>
Subject: [netsites] Simon Wiesenthal Center
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:29:51 -0800
"The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international center for Holocaust
remembrance and the defense of human rights and the Jewish people.
Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices worldwide, the
Center's mandate is a unique combination of social action, public
outreach, scholarship, education and media projects as it imparts
the lessons of the Holocaust and develops educational strategies
for teaching tolerance."
Ben Cooper
acqu...@qwest.net
http://www.site-of-the-day.org/
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:06:01 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Sesame Street on PBS
From: Ben Cooper <acqu...@qwest.net>
To: NetSites <nets...@egroups.com>
Subject: [netsites] Sesame Street on PBS
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:30:38 -0800
"It's always a sunny day at this PBS site that features coloring pages,
an Elmo storybook, and kids' favorite characters from Sesame Street."
http://www.pbs.org/kids/sesame/
Ben Cooper
acqu...@qwest.net
http://www.site-of-the-day.org/
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