NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 17 Feb 1999 to 18 Feb 1999 - Special issue (#1999-147)
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Topics in this special issue:
1. RESOUR> Scribbling Women
2. UPDATED> 1999 poll of the best public speakers in the world
3. K12> [learn-net] Y2K Wonders in Education
4. K12> NTIA public meeting
5. MISC> Iowa Weekly Ag Markets
6. MISC> Winnsboro Commerce Information
7. RESOUR> NEW: PeakHealth.net
8. MISC> Announcing Mother of Perl
9. MISC> Pre-Release Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Readers Available
10. MISC> KGB Tactics Alive, Well In Cyber Age
11. K12> Iditarod Sled Dog Race: Network Nuggets
12. K12> T2T> Free Books
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:25:21 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> Scribbling Women
From: owner...@lists.umass.edu [mailto:owner...@lists.umass.edu]
On Behalf Of Valerie Henderson
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 11:19 AM
To: ed...@dhcp-srv2.oit.umass.edu
Subject: Scribbling Women
http://www.scribblingwomen.org
Our organization, The Public Media Foundation, has recently published a
multi-media education kit which includes ten dramatizations of classic
short
stories by American women writers on cassette and 120 page user and teacher
guide written by Lucinda H. MacKethan, Alumni Distinguished Professor of
English, North Carolina State University and James A. Miller, Professor of
English and American Studies and Director of the Africana Studies Program
at
George Washington University. The dramatizations have all been broadcast
on
National Public Radio and some on the BBC. Thanks to funding from the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting we have now developed a distance
learning program on the internet based on the curriculum applications of
"Scribbling Women". We believe our materials are particularly well suited
for high school curricula. We hope you will look at our web site.
Valerie Henderson, Executive Producer
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:25:35 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: UPDATED> 1999 poll of the best public speakers in the world
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:38 PM
From: Lectur...@lectureagent.com
Our work involves booking celebrity speakers and professional speakers at
conferences,events and meetings for corporations and trade associations.
We take a straw poll survey every so often from meeting professionals on
who
they believe are the best speakers for conventions and trade shows in the
following categories,.
1. Celebrity (ie.,Candice Bergen)
2. Keynote (ie., Ralph Nader)
3. After-Dinner (ie.,Ray Bradbury)
4. Motivational (ie. ,Mark Sanborn)
5.Technology Speaker (ie ,Esther Dyson)
6.Sports (ie. ,Bonnie Blair)
Please take a look and see if your favorite speaker made the latest
updates
for the annual top best speakers in the world
The 1999 survey is on the ...Top Rated Speakers... page here:
Send e-mail suggestions for top rated speaker consideration to lectureagent
here:
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:25:27 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [learn-net] Y2K Wonders in Education
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi
[mailto:trip...@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:08 PM
To: Learners on the Net
Subject: [learn-net] Y2K Wonders in Education
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <trip...@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Dear Net learners, below I am posting the full range of Y2K sites....
WEB WONDERS: Y2K in Education--compiled by Carolyn R. Pool and Arun-Kumar
Tripathi
Have you had your Y2K flu shot? Are you beginning to worry about your
January 2000 paychecks--water supply--social security or other
benefits--bank accounts--travel plans--grades--school schedules--test
scores--WHATEVER? Here's some practical help, for educators and others who
see bugs in their future. Most of these sites are counting down the days,
hours, minutes, and seconds to when the clock strikes midnight and brings
in the year 2000.
U.S. Department of Education Year 2000 Project
http://www.ed.gov/Y2K
The Department of Education has a five-pronged Y2K approach: awareness,
assessment, renovation, validation, and implementation. Sounds like a new
teaching strategy, doesn't it! But this is war, folks, and we must
eradicate the Anopheles mosquito, er, the Y2K bug. Interesting to note the
"contingency plan" in case systems cannot be fixed in time. Check out the
statement about Student Financial Aid applications. Open a "Readiness Kit."
Year 2000--Education Y2K
http://www.storefrontmall.com/mall/solutions/pc-y2k/y2k.htm
Though we endorse no products like those of Solutions Services software,
check out the simple steps this company has provided for everyone concerned
about the Y2K compliance of home computers. Try the Year 2000 Rollover
Test; maybe it'll save you from having to buy a new computer!
Y2K Home Page--CIO Council
http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/y2khome.htm
The General Services Administration of the U.S. Federal Government has set
up the Federal Gateway for the Year 2000. Here you may find out what the
country's Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are doing about the bug for
citizens and consumers. Go to the Year 2000 Conference, see what the
President's Council has planned, and search for other related federal
sites. By poking around, you may even find out the percentages of
compliance of various federal offices near you!
Y2K for Kids
http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/kidsy2k.htm
Same site, second verse: This is mainly informational (and mostly text),
but
there is a way for kids to ask questions and get answers.
President Clinton on Y2K
http://www.y2k.gov/new/presy2k.html
A description of the problem in plain English: "We're not just talking
about
computer networks, but billions of imbedded chips built into everyday
products. And it's worth remembering that the typical family home today
has more computer power in it than the entire MIT campus had 20 years ago.
An oil drilling rig alone may include 10,000 separate chips."
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
http://www.sba.gov/y2k
A good place to look for Y2K info is on the Web pages of computer software
and hardware developers, such as Microsoft, Apple, IBM, and Cray. Here at
the SBA, go to "Major Corporations Get Ready" for a current list of
corporate Y2K info online. Maybe you'll find a good vaccination here! And
even though institutions of education aren't exactly "small businesses,"
they may find helpful tips at this site.
The Y2K News Magazine
http://www.y2knews.com
Articles from all over, about every imaginable aspect of the bug, from
health care in Florida, to religious perspectives, to the compliance of
Social Security, to hoarding of food and guns, to a reality check from
"experts," to "Online Help" from the *Dallas Morning News.* If you still
haven't read enough, you can subscribe to this service and receive updates
in your e-mail.
Year 2000 Information Portal
http://www.y2k.com
Yes, Virginia, there is a Y2K dot com. And here it is, jammed like a
microchip with useful info, including some sites we've already listed. Find
a Vendor Directory, link to the Amazon.com Y2K site, and go to Y2K Q&A.
Year2000.com Law Center
http://www.year2000.com/y2klawcenter.html
For the legal beagles among us, here's help. "Legal risks include the
potential for breach of contract suits, class action litigation, tort
exposure, statutory exposure, customer fraud exposure, and directory
liability suits." The site has an archive of articles, including "Year
2000: A Bonanza or Time Bomb for the Accountant," "International Tax
Consequences of Year 2000 Fix Costs," and "Australia to introduce Y2K 'Good
Samaritan' law in February."
British Computer Society Year 2000 Resources
http://www.bcs.org.uk/y2k/millen/resource.htm
This is not just any set of links; the society is serious, including
"BSI-DISC:DISC PD2000-1 (A Definition of Year 2000 Conformity
Requirements)," and "IT2000 The National Bulletin Board for Year 2000." On
the latter site
(http://it2000.com/index.html), you can discover and join a Y2K users group
in your area.
Millennium Salons
http://home.ica.net/~njarc/msalons/main.html
Join the conversation, facilitated by Bill Dale; get your vaccination; be
bug-free. The bywords here are shared resources, tools you can use, and no
ads.
Happy New Year, and here's to a Happy New Millennium!
Carolyn R. Pool (cp...@ascd.org), an associate editor of ASCD books, is a
regular contributor to this and other ASCD publications. Arun-Kumar
Tripathi
(trip...@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de), is a research scholar in the
Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund, Germany, and a volunteer
in the Global Learn Day Project held recently
(http://www.bfranklin.edu/gld98).
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:25:44 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> NTIA public meeting
From: P.A. Gantt [mailto:pga...@icx.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:18 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 1999
Contact: Sallianne Fortunato
(202) 482-7002
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Washington, D.C. -- The National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) will hold a public meeting to explore the
future administration and management of the .us domain name space. Topics
to be discussed including the current structure of the .us domain,
issues and opportunities facing the current and future management of the
.us space, current practices and issues in the management of other
country code TLDs (ccTLDs), proposals for administering the .us domain, and
a discussion on the next steps for the management and administration of
the .us domain. An electronic copy of the Federal Notice that describes the
meeting and agenda in further detail is available at
http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
WHAT: Public Meeting on the Future Administration and Management of
the .us Domain
WHERE: U.S. Department of Commerce
Room 4830
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
(Attendees should use the Main Entrance on 14th Street)
WHEN: March 9, 1999
10:00am to 4:30pm
The meeting is open to the public and seating at the meeting will be
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees should
complete and submit the meeting pre-registration form located at
http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Rose, NTIA/OIA, (202)
482-1866.
More detailed information regarding the agenda and other aspects of
the meeting will be made available and updated periodically at
http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
Media inquiries, please call Sallianne Fortunato, NTIA Public
Affairs, at 202-482-7002, or visit NTIA's home page at
http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
NTIA serves as the principal adviser to the Executive Branch on
domestic and international telecommunications and information issues.
--
P.A. Gantt, Computer Science Technology Instructor
Electronic Media Design and Support Homepage
http://user.icx.net/~pgantt/
mailto:pag...@technologist.com?Subject=etech
http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/vision/1998-11.asp
Common sense is not common, and conventional wisdom is not
wisdom. But at least you can have conventional sense. ~~ Daily Whale
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:25:54 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Iowa Weekly Ag Markets
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:43 PM
From: fa...@yahoo.com
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/card/fapri/fapri98/edweek.htm
Iowa Weekly Markets for Corn, Soybean, Feeder Cattle, Slaughter Steer,
Hogs, and Feeder Pig Prices.
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:25:50 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Winnsboro Commerce Information
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:27 PM
From: da...@thirdgeneration.net
http://www.winnsboro.org/commerce.htm
Welcome to the Official Internet Web Site for Winnsboro, La - an all
American City
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:26:07 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> NEW: PeakHealth.net
From: Best-Web-Sites Announcement List [mailto:BES...@VM.EGE.EDU.TR] On
Behalf Of MMG - Matt Hockin
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 6:27 PM
To: BES...@VM.EGE.EDU.TR
Subject: --> NEW: PeakHealth.net
Are you conscious about your health?
Take a look at PeakHealth.net: http://www.peakhealth.net/
People are finding PeakHealth.net to be their "destination site"
on the Web for the health and fitness information they need to
reach their goals. The site is features interviews with health
and fitness experts such as Dr. Richard Kreider, a leading sports
supplement researcher, and Al Vermeil, strength coach for the NBA
Champion Chicago Bulls.
Other site features include:
* Health and Fitness Articles [updated often]
* Interviews with Health and Fitness Experts
* An "Ask The Doctor" section where individuals
can get their nutrition and dietary supplement
questions answered.
"Whether you're an Olympic athlete or a (reforming) couch potato,"
says founder Curt Pedersen, "we are dedicated to helping you achieve
your optimal health and fitness level."
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:26:00 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Announcing Mother of Perl
From: Andy King [mailto:ak...@webreference.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:34 PM
Announcing Mother of Perl
Mother of Perl is a free biweekly how-to devoted to all things Perl.
Perl has been an integral part of the Web developer's toolkit for years
now. There are probably more Perl scripts, tools, and libraries available
for Web Development than any other modern language. This column will
attempt to address the needs and concerns of Perl developers by
providing practical, powerful, and elegant solutions to everyday
problems. First up, XML and Perl, where you'll learn
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By Jonathan Eisenzopf.
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:26:14 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Pre-Release Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Readers Available
From: Internet Help Resource [mailto:HELP...@crcvms.unl.edu] On Behalf
Of Kurt Foss
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 8:03 PM
To: HELP...@crcvms.unl.edu
Subject: FYI> Pre-Release Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Readers Available
In tandem with Adobe System's announcement yesterday of Acrobat 4.0,
slated for commercial release around mid- to late-March, our
PDFzone.COM web site is being permitted to provide the final *beta*
version of Acrobat READER 4.0 for public downloads.
Please note that this includes *only* the Reader, the free viewing and
printing tool for PDF documents -- NOT the full Acrobat package.
Further, these "pre-release" versions of Reader 4.0 are available for
English-language users on the Macintosh and PC/Windows platforms.
These offer Acrobat users a chance to preview a few of the enhancements
in the forthcoming product. More information on both Acrobat Reader 4.0
and Adobe Acrobat 4.0 are available, as are the free downloads, at:
along with a variety of other pdf-related resources.
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:26:20 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> KGB Tactics Alive, Well In Cyber Age
From: nikst [mailto:ni...@glasnet.ru]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:18 PM
St. Petersburg Times
February 16, 1999
EDITORIAL
KGB Tactics Alive, Well In Cyber Age
IT'S an image that belongs somewhere between Kafka and Orwell: a master
control room in the bowels of the Big House, where a team of FSB agents
spend their days intercepting private correspondences sent via the Internet
between friends, lovers, business partners, politicians. And there is no
one watching the watchers.
It's a disturbing image. And Internet users, providers and analysts from
across Russia are saying it is well on its way to becoming a reality.
A new regulation, known as SORM-2, or System for Ensuring Investigated
Activity II, is nestling in the friendly confines of the Justice Ministry,
awaiting minor tweaks before its eventual enactment. This regulation would
allow the FSB to instigate real-time monitoring of every e-mail message and
Web page sent or received in Russia - and make it even easier for its
agents to play fast and loose with the official presentation of warrants,
which, last time we checked, were still required by law.
When a warrant, presented legally and up front, is no longer needed for
a government agency to monitor the population at will, it means that agency
can essentially operate above and without respect to the law. As the
successor to the KGB, the FSB should be the last agency presented with this
kind of freedom.
The SORM-II proposal could also ultimately reduce the overall amount of
cybertraffic in the country and thereby increase the percentage of that
traffic that can be monitored. This could happen because the proposal also
calls for Internet Service Providers themselves to lay out the thousands of
dollars it will likely cost to install the surveillance hardware the FSB
needs to monitor the Internet. Some experts estimate that it will cost ISPs
$1,000 a month alone to foot the bill for maintaining direct telephone
lines to FSB surveillance headquarters.
In order to remain competitive and insure its own survival, the ISP
would be forced to pass on the cost of this hardware to the consumer. If
the ISP refuses, the FSB simply revokes their license. If the ISP goes
along, the Internet becomes more expensive and fewer people use it. It's a
simple economic formula: Higher rates will mean fewer users. And fewer
users will ultimately lead to fewer ISPs. It's a vicious cycle that stifles
freedom.
At a time when nearly every country in the world is making great strides
toward embracing the Internet as the greatest tool in the history of
civilization for the exchange of information and ideas, Russia is
retreating back toward its dark, despotic past. SORM-II is a disturbing
idea, indeed. In practice, it will be even worse.
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:26:27 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> Iditarod Sled Dog Race: Network Nuggets
From: network_...@etc.bc.ca [mailto:network_...@etc.bc.ca]
On Behalf Of Network Nuggets
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Iditarod Sled Dog Race: Network Nuggets
The annual Iditarod Race takes place on March 6. Here you have all the
official information about the race, including the Jr. Iditarod race for
ages 14-18. Included in this site are ideas for elementary students,
especially learning about the life skills that are needed by the mushers
and their dogs. A full curriculum rationale is provided for middle and high
school students as well. Information about the dogs, the trail, and the
history of the race is included.
This site would be an ideal place to integrate map reading skills, life
skills, and even probability skills into this one topic. If you are
teaching grade 4, the perfect novel to read before the big day is "Stone
Fox". Of course your students may cry along with you at the end, but
that's part of the "life skills" too!!
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race site is hosted by Iditarod Trail Committee and
is suitable for students in grades 3-12 and is located at:
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Network Nuggets is
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Open School (http://www.openschool.bc.ca/). We send these announcements to
subscribers on CLN's Network_Nuggets-l to inform them about potentially
useful educational resources on the Internet -- but we are not guaranteeing
that these resources will be valuable and without frustrations.
Network Nuggets Archives: http://www.cln.org/lists/nuggets/home.html
Subscribe/unsub info: http://www.cln.org/lists/nuggets/join.html
Dale Morrison, Moderator of Network Nuggets (mailto:nug...@cln.etc.bc.ca)
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:26:32 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> T2T> Free Books
From: owne...@teachnet.com [mailto:owne...@teachnet.com] On Behalf
Of Carla Husband
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:52 PM
To: t...@teachnet.com
Subject: T2T> Free Books
http://www.story-house.com/specials/special.html
is offering 3 free books to teachers. Hurry, supplies are limited.
Carla
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