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1. K12> American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant
2. RESOUR> [netsites] Fed Gov new site.. Check this out for BENEFITS you may
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3. UPDATED> NetFirst-L: Calendar Planner 204
4. MISC> [WWWEDU] Student web sites
5. K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Technology and Literacy
6. UPDATED> New Collections in American Memory
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 12:13:16 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 6 May 2002 09:53:26 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,
the Ulysses S. Grant Web site features broadband
activities for kids of all ages.
What you can do online:
Use maps, video clips, and text to determine your
moves in "You're the General," an interactive game.
Would you have done things differently at the
decisive battle of Shiloh?
Take a video tour of the Shiloh battlefield with a
National Park Service ranger and a group of eighth
graders from Michie, Tennessee.
Step into Ulysses' shoes and learn about his
frontier boyhood, including school, work, and play.
Featuring historian interviews, interactive polls,
galleries, and stories.
Go behind the scenes with the film's production
team and learn how historical documentaries are
made. Direct a scene yourself, altering the
editorial, visual, and sound content, and try out
different versions.
Access an e-book version of one of the most
significant autobiographies in American history,
Grant's "Personal Memoirs".
Watch scenes from the film, including the "Final
Battle" sequence, an account of Grant's last days,
and his deathbed struggle to complete
his memoirs.
Learn more about Grant's wife Julia and their four
children; Red Cloud, William Tecumseh Sherman, the
1876 Centennial Exhibition, Grant's funeral, and
other people and events of the time.
Eric Ward
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Alerts of Educational and Useful Web Content Since 1994
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:06:02 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Fed Gov new site.. Check this out for BENEFITS you
may be eligible for
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: undisclosed-recipients <undisclosed-recipients:;>
Sent: Mon, 6 May 2002 09:11:11 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Fed Gov new site.. Check this out for BENEFITS you may be eligible
for
(http://www.govbenefits.gov)
The federal government has a new interactive site,
Find out what benefits you should be recieving
Some programs are missing. The site just went up
on Monday, and 55 programs currently are posted. Eventually,
all federal, state and local programs will be included.
This is potentially very helpful. The federal, state and
local governments have lots of programs. You may qualify
for something that you did not know existed.
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:11:22 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATED> NetFirst-L: Calendar Planner 204
From: "Myers,Julia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 6 May 2002 11:02:04 -0400
Subject: NetFirst-L: Calendar Planner 204
The resources here are for holidays, events, and activities approximately 90
days from today.
Calendar Planner
Issue 204
8/4--8/10
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Birth Anniversary (8/4/1792)
Selected Poetry and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
Features a selection of poems and prose written by English poet Percy Bysshe
Shelley (1792-1822), provided as part of "Representative Poetry On-line," of
the University of Toronto English Library (UTEL). Provides information about
credits and copyright, editorial conventions, and usage.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/authors/shelley.html
Keats-Shelley House Rome
Features the Keats-Shelley House in Rome. Describes the house in which
English poets John Keats (1795-1821) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
lived while in Rome. Recounts its history and provides information on other
residents of the house.
http://www.keats-shelley-house.org
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was also an essayist
and a translator. In 1818, Shelley moved to Italy and became part of a group
of English expatriot writers known for defying English social and religious
conventions. Gale Group, Inc., a division of the Thomson Corporation,
presents a biographical sketch of Shelley as part of Poet's Corner, a
resource featuring biographies of poets, poems, commentaries, poetry
activities, and more. Access to "Ode to the West Wind," a poem by Shelley,
is provided.
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/poets/bio/shelley_p.htm
Raoul Wallenberg: 90th Birth Anniversary (8/5/1912)
International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation is based in Buenos Aires and
is dedicated to the memory of Swedish diplomat and hero of the Holocaust
Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947?). The foundation discusses its initiatives,
diplomacy and the Holocaust, and the Raoul Wallenberg Award. Wallenberg
printed special passports that allowed thousands of Hungarian Jews to escape
the Nazis during World War II.
http://www.raoul-wallenberg.org.ar/
History Place: Holocaust Timeline: Raoul Wallenberg
The History Place presents a portrait and a very brief discussion of the
Swedish diplomat and hero of the Holocaust, Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947?).
The Swedish Foreign Ministry sent Wallenberg to Budapest, Hungary, in July,
1944 to help protect the 200,000 Jews left in the capital. Wallenberg
rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews. He was arrested in Budapest by
occupying Soviet forces on suspicion of espionage.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wallen.htm
Raoul Wallenberg
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden presents press releases and a
report of a Swedish-Russian working group about the fate of the Swedish
businessman and diplomat Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947?). Wallenberg worked to
rescue Jews during the Holocaust, designing a Swedish protection passport
and offering Hungarian Jews refuge. Wallenberg was taken to Soviet
headquarters when the Soviet troops occupied Hungary in 1945 and never
returned. The report is available in PDF format and Swedish, English, and
Russian.
http://www.utrikes.regeringen.se/inenglish/wallenberg.htm
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima: Anniversary (8/6/1945)
"Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
The June 29, 1946 report was compiled by the Manhattan Engineer District of
the U.S. Army and it describes the effects of the atomic bombs that were
dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9,
1945.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/mpmenu.htm
Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum offers access to a collection of
documents concerning the decision to drop the atomic bomb. The collection
includes minutes of the June 18, 1945 meeting at the White House, official
releases, and information on the testing of the bomb and post war use of
atomic energy. Lesson plans and classroom activities are also provided.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/bomb.h
tm
Documents Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb and the Bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Abstract: Provides access to documents relating to
the development of the atomic bomb and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
during World War II. The documents are offered online as a part of the
Nuclear Files Archive, a project of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Contains information on related books.
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/docs/bombing-hiroshima.html
Alfred Lord Tennyson: Birth Anniversary (8/6/1808)
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Kuunsankosken Kaupunginkirjasto of Finland offers a biographical sketch of
the English poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), also referred to as Lord
Tennyson, as part of Pegasos. Tennyson became Poet Laureate of England in
1850, and wrote poetry that reflected the intellectual and moral values of
his time. Some of Tennyson's works include "Sea Dreams," "Maud and Other
Poems," "In Memoriam," and "The Holy Grail and Other Poems." A selected
bibliography of Tennyson's works is included.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tennyson.htm
Tennyson's Life: A Timeline
Arthur Chandler presents a timeline of the life of English poet Alfred
Tennyson (1809-1892). Chandler includes access to a brief biography,
homework assistance, and a bibliography of works on Tennyson.
http://charon.sfsu.edu/tennyson/TENNCHRON.HTML
Tennyson's in Memoriam: An Overview
George P. Landow presents commentary on "In Memoriam," by English poet
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), as part of the Victorian Web. Landow also
offers biographical information on Alfred Lord Tennyson and a bibliography
of Tennyson's works. In addition, Landow provides information on the
politics, science, and social history of the Victorian Age.
http://65.107.211.206/tennyson/im/imov.html
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Signed: Anniversary (8/6/1965)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice features information about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its
amendments. The statute mandated federal supervision of state elections,
particularly in the southern states. The act originated in the modern civil
rights crusade against voter discrimination among African-Americans. The act
was amended in 1970, 1975, and 1982.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_b.htm
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) of North Carolina
State University, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, presents the full text
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 from U.S. Code. The statute mandated
federal supervision of state elections and originated in the civil rights
movement's efforts to prevent discrimination in election laws and practices,
particularly discrimination against African-Americans. The act was approved
on August 6, 1965 and was amended in 1970, 1975, and 1982.
http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/dye/docs/votrit65.htm
Voting Rights Abstract: Presents information about the Voting Rights Act
of 1965, provided as part of the Justice for Kids and Youth resource of the
U.S. Department of Justice. Explains that the act prohibits discrimination
in voting practices or procedures because of race. Recounts the history of
the act.
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/voting.htm
Ralph Johnson Bunche: Birth Anniversary (8/7/1904)
Ralph Johnson Bunche
The Learning Network Inc. presents a biographical sketch of African-American
diplomat Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-1971). Bunche received the 1950 Nobel
Peace Prize. During the 1940s, Bunche was a consultant to the administration
of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on minority problems. During the
1960s, he worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. on organizing freedom marches.
Learning Network offers lesson plans concerning African-American history.
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4647.html
Ralph Johnson Bunche
The Nobel Foundation presents a biographical sketch of American diplomat
Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-1971). Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1950. The sketch highlights Bunche's work for civil rights, his career as
a diplomat, and his efforts at mediation in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1950/bunche-bio.html
Ralph J. Bunche
Gale Group, Inc., a division of the Thomson Corporation, presents a
biographical sketch of African-American diplomat Ralph Johnson Bunche
(1904-1971). Bunche was the first African American to serve on the U.S.
delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations. He received the
Nobel Prize for Peace in 1950.
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/bunche_r.htm
Matthew Henson: Birth Anniversary (8/8/1866)
Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorer
Lee Krystek presents a biographical sketch of African-American explorer
Matthew Henson (1866-1955). Henson was with American explorer Robert Edwin
Peary (1856-1920) as a valet and assistant when Peary reached the North Pole
on April 6, 1909.
http://www.unmuseum.mus.pa.us/henson.htm
Glory and Honor
Offers information on the TNT video "Glory and Honor," regarding the journey
by American explorers Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) and Matthew Alexander
Henson (1866-1955) to the North Pole. The information is intended for
educators and is a service of Turner Learning, Inc.
http://turnerlearning.com/tntlearning/glory/toc.html
Matthew A. Henson
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum presents a biographical sketch of
African-American explorer Matthew Alexander Henson (1866-1955). Henson,
American explorer Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), and four Eskimos reached the
North Pole on April 6, 1909. Henson did not receive popular recognition for
his achievement until after his death.
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/arcticmuseum/biographies/html/henson.shtml
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Birth Anniversary (8/8/1896)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Presents a biographical sketch of American novelist Marjorie Rawlings
(1896-1953), compiled as part of the Most Important Floridians of the 20th
Century of "The Ledger," a newspaper serving Polk County, Florida.
http://www.theledger.com/top50/pages/rawlings.html
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society
The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, located in Gainesville, Florida, aims
to promote the literary works of the American novelist Marjorie Rawlings
(1896-1953). The society publishes "The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of
Florida Literature," on an annual basis. Rawlings is the author of "The
Yearling," which won her the 1939 Pulitzer Prize and "Cross Creek."
Information about membership in the society is available, as well as other
information about Rawlings and her writings.
http://web.english.ufl.edu/rawlings/
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Historic Site
Presents the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Historic Site, located in
Hawthorne, Florida. Posts contact information via mailing address and
telephone number. Provides biographical information on American novelist
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953). Discusses her books and the management
and protection of Florida state parks. Details policy on pets, tour
information, and the location of the site.
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district2/marjoriekinnan/
Nixon Resigns: Anniversary (8/9/1974)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Nixon and
Offers an online version of the exhibit regarding Richard Nixon and the
Watergate scandal as part of the U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration's (NARA) American Originals collection. Includes images of
the Watergate Hotel security log, Nixon's resignation letter, and his
departure from the White House. Provides access to other exhibits and links
to the NARA home page.
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/nixon.html
WashingtonPost.com: Watergate
Describes Watergate, a political scandal involving U.S. President Richard M.
Nixon. Includes a chronology of the events leading up to Nixon's
resignation. Provides information on key players, the news coverage by the
"Washington Post," and the informant Deep Throat. Includes a site search
engine and transcripts of interviews with Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee.
Links to information on the reforms made since Watergate.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/splash1a.ht
m
Constitutional Issues: Watergate and the Constitution
Presents a lesson plan regarding Watergate and the Constitution that
utilizes documents from the U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). Details the historical background behind President
Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal,
noting it was only the second time that impeachment had been considered.
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/watergate/watergat.html
Herbert Clark Hoover: Birth Anniversary (8/10/1874)
Teaching with Historic Places: Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy and World
Humanitarian
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) presents "Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy
and World Humanitarian," a social studies lesson developed by Pat Wheeler.
This lesson focuses on the humanitarian efforts of U.S. President Herbert
Clark Hoover (1874-1964), as well as Hoover's childhood. Wheeler highlights
the lesson objectives and activities, and provides background information,
including details on visiting the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in
West Branch, Iowa. TwHP is a service of the National Park Service (NPS)
within the U.S. Department of the Interior. TwHP lessons offer access to
primary sources, photographs, maps, and other documents related to
properties listed in the NPS's National Register of Historic Places.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/34hoover/34hoover.htm
Herbert Hoover
Presents a biography of Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), thirty-first President
1929-1933. Provides the text of Hoover's inaugural address and a biography
of his wife Lou Henry Hoover. This biographical sketch is provided as part
of a collection of biographies of U.S. presidents offered as a service of
the White House.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Features the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, with
information provided by the U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). The museum is located in West Branch, Iowa,
birthplace of Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964). Describes research
materials, site facilities, and current exhibits.
http://hoover.nara.gov/index.html
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:13:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [WWWEDU] Student web sites
From: "Nancy Willard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: wwwedu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:23:27 -0700
Subject: [WWWEDU] Student web sites
An interesting news note:
LSU LAW SCHOOL SUES ONE OF ITS OWN OVER WEB SITE
The Paul M. Herbert Law Center at Louisiana State University
is suing one of its own students for a Web site he maintains
at the lsulaw.com domain. Douglas Dorhauer, a second year
student, posts a school calendar, law-related links, and
some comments about the school on the site. Two days before
final exams he received something else to post -- a
trademark infringement suit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/06/national/06LSU.html
Based on the information provided in the article, which may or may not
be factually correct, it does not seem to me that the law school has a
good case at all. I know that many schools are troubled by web sites
that use the school name. So this case will provide some interesting
insight.
Nancy
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Director, Responsible Netizen
Center for Advanced Technology in Education
5214 University of Oregon, College of Education
Eugene, Oregon 97405
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://netizen.uoregon.edu
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:13:26 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Technology and Literacy
From: "Shannon Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 6 May 2002 08:29:35 -0700
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Technology and Literacy
The May edition of the NetDayCompass Spotlight on Success features two very
compelling articles about the importance of literacy and how teachers use
technology as a hook to interest children and their parents in learning to
read. We thought the members of this listserv would appreciate these
stories, as they demonstrate the power of the Internet to spread good
ideas, as well as the limits of technology to sustain them.
>> Read, Read, READ
Read, Read, READ is the motto of the READ IN Foundation. Begun as an
online, interactive project for students to interview their favorite
authors, the READ IN has become a day-long celebration of books and reading
with parents, community members, and students engaged in fun activities.
Learn why the online technology component had to be cancelled, but the
celebration continues.
http://www.netday.org/compass_newsletter_05_01_02.htm#read
>> A Technology Bridge Builds Two-way Access to School and Home
When schools build a bridge to the home, parents use it to better connect
with the school and improve their child's learning. In the case of Rea
Elementary, the home computer project has connected teachers with parents
and made them feel more welcome at the school. The computers give parents a
chance to learn along with their children at home and at school through
adult literacy and computer classes.
http://www.netday.org/compass_newsletter_05_01_02.htm#bridge
Shannon Sullivan
Director of Web Initiatives
NetDay
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:43:06 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATED> New Collections in American Memory
From: "danna c. bell-russel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 06 May 2002 15:28:16 -0400
Good afternoon,
The American Memory online collections announces the addition of two new
collections to the over 100 currently available on the website
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting presents
approximately 500 interview excerpts and approximately 3800 photographs
from the Working in Paterson Folklife Project of the American Folklife Center
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife> at
the Library of Congress.
This collection can be found at the following URL:
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wiphtml/>
The four-month study of occupational culture in Paterson, New Jersey, was conducted in
1994.
Paterson is considered to be the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in America. It
was founded in
1791 by the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.), a group that had
U.S. Secretary
of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton as an advocate. The basis for Paterson’s
manufacturing
potential was the Great Falls on the Passaic River. Paterson went on to become the
largest silk
manufacturing center in the nation as well as a leader in the manufacture of many
other products,
from railroad locomotives to firearms.
The documentary materials presented in this online collection explore how this
industrial heritage
expresses itself in Paterson today: in its work sites, work processes, and memories of
workers. The
online presentation also includes interpretive essays exploring such topics as work in
the African-
American community, a distinctive food tradition (the Hot Texas Wiener), the
ethnography of a single
work place (Watson Machine International), business life along a single street in
Paterson (21st
Avenue), and narratives told by retired workers.
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress was created by Congress in
1976 "to
preserve and present American Folklife." The Center incorporates the Archive of Folk
Culture, which
was established at the Library in 1928 as a repository for American folk music. The
Center and its
collections have grown to encompass all aspects of folklife from this country and
around the world.
The second new American Memory collection is Emile Berliner and the Birth of the
Recording
Industry. Available at <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/berlhtml/>, the collection is a
selection of
more than 400 items from the Emile Berliner Papers and 108 Berliner sound recordings
from the
Library of Congress’s Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Berliner (1851-
1929), an immigrant and a largely self-educated man, was responsible for the
development of the
microphone, the flat recording disc and the gramophone player. Although the focus of
this online
collection is on the gramophone and its recordings, it includes much evidence of
Berliner’s other
interests, such as information on his businesses, his crusades for public-health
issues, his
philanthropy, his musical composition, and even his poetry. Spanning the years 1870
to 1956, the
collection comprises correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, scrapbooks,
photographs,
catalogs, clippings, experiment notes, and rare sound recordings.
More than 100 sound recordings from the Berliner Gramophone Co. are featured on the
site,
demonstrating the various genres produced in the 1890s, including band music,
instrumentals,
comedy, spoken word, popular songs, opera, and foreign-language songs.
Noted performers such as the Sousa Band appear, and rarities are featured such as a
recording of
Buffalo Bill giving his Sentiments on the Cuban Question just prior to the
Spanish-American War and
Native-American ghost dances recorded by the noted ethnologist James Mooney.
Please direct any questions to <http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-memory.html>
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:43:43 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BOOK> O'Reilly Mac OS X Announcements: New Conference, Web Site, Books
From: "Lisa Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 6 May 2002 12:34:08 -0700 (PDT)
O'Reilly & Associates announced several new Mac OS X products
today at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference:
* The O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
* Mac OS X developer web site: macdevcenter.com
* Books: "Learning Unix for Mac OS X" and "Building Cocoa Applications"
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O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation
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O'Reilly & Associates invites the submission of tutorial and session
proposals for the first-ever O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, taking place
at the Westin Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA from September 30 to
October 3, 2002.
We're looking for proposals that bring state-of-the-art Mac OS X
content to programmers, developers, technical staff, and power users
from Mac, Java, Web, and open source communities. Topics include
migration issues, must-have tools, servers and networking, wireless,
Project Builder, Apache, PHP, Perl, Terminal application, databases,
languages, Development Frameworks, and iApps.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
For more information, contact Suzanne Axtell
at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (707)827-7114.
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O'Reilly Network Launches macdevcenter.com
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O'Reilly Network has launched macdevcenter.com, a new web site for
MacOS X professionals. The heart of macdevcenter.com is a rich
collection of tutorials on Mac OS X, covering the OS and the key
technologies that work with its BSD Unix core. Topics include the
Terminal application, AppleScript, QuickTime, Cocoa, Java, Aqua, and
Apache. The site also features news and regular columns from Mac
experts such as David Pogue, Simson Garfinkel, James Duncan Davidson,
and Kevin Hemenway. http://www.macdevcenter.com
The macdevcenter.com staff also produces a bi-weekly Mac OS X email
newsletter. To subscribe, go to
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/home.
For more information, contact Sara Winge
at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (707)827-7109.
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New OS X books from O'Reilly
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Learning Unix for Mac OS X
by Dave Taylor & Jerry Peek
http://oreilly.com/catalog/lunixmacosx/
"Learning Unix for Mac OS X" is a concise introduction to Unix on Mac
OS X for Macintosh users who want to tap the power of Unix. The book
shows how to use the Terminal application, navigate the command line,
and explore many useful, time-tested Unix applications.
Building Cocoa Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide
by Simson Garfinkel & Michael K. Mahoney
http://oreilly.com/catalog/buildcocoa/
"Building Cocoa Applications" takes a step-by-step approach to teaching
developers how to build real graphics applications using Cocoa. The
book starts by showing the basics of an application in one chapter and
then layering additional functionality onto that application in
subsequent chapters. By the end of the book, readers who have built
applications as they have read will have a solid understanding of what
it really means to develop complete and incrementally more complex
Cocoa applications.
To request review copies, please email Kathryn Barrett at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call (707)827-7094.
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