There are 18 messages totalling 641 lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> [netsites] Cosmic Tribune
2. MISC> [netsites] The Brink of Extinction
3. MISC> [netsites] Map-It
4. K12> Hang3000 v2.0 : The Carbonized Version [Macintosh]
5. K12> [WWWEDU] Is Our Children Learning? (fwd)
6. K12> PROJECTS: Lighthouse Adoption
7. EZINE> [netsites] MAKING BREAD The Magazine for Women Who Need Dough
8. MISC> [netsites] Plane Crash Info
9. MISC> [netsites] National High Blood Pressure Education Program
10. MISC> [netsites] Land of the Mammoth
11. MISC> [netsites] Forestry Service Database
12. MISC> [netsites] SearchEdu
13. RESOUR> [netsites] National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
14. MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: Alaska bans hunting of 'Spirit bear'
15. RESOUR> [netsites] Public Autism Awareness
16. MISC> [netsites] Today's Front Pages
17. K12> Powers of Ten
18. RESOUR> Some of the Hottest Technology Topics News Stories Archived in
Hyperlinked Stories Since 1998
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:00:03 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Cosmic Tribune
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:30:58 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Cosmic Tribune
Cosmic Tribune
http://www.cosmictribune.org/
"One stop page for all your news needs. Links to Newspapers, Op-Ed
pieces, Magazines, Military News, University Papers, Much More."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:00:26 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] The Brink of Extinction
From: "Tshi Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:17:16 -0700
Subject: [netsites] The Brink of Extinction
The Brink of Extinction
http://www.primatecenter.org/
Working to rescue Vietnam's primates from the brink of extinction.
Tshi Ho
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:00:48 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Map-It
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:12:35 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Map-It
Map-It
...online map maker...
http://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/mapit/
"Map-It: Form-based Simple Map Generator. This form takes
longitude/latitude pairs as input and plops them on a Mercator
projection map along with land/sea and political boundaries. The map
bounds will be about 10% larger than the bounds of the entered data points."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:01:10 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Hang3000 v2.0 : The Carbonized Version [Macintosh]
From: "Ken Winograd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:31:36 -0400
Hang3000 v2.0: The Carbonized Release!
<URL:http://www.winograd.com>
Merrimack, New Hampshire, August 25, 2002: Ken Winograd and Space-Time
Associates announced today the release of a new Macintosh(tm) game called
Hang3000. Hang3000 is a word-guessing game for the NEXT millennium.
Hang3000 features colorful, non-violent graphics, digitized sounds,
synthesized speech, dozens of built-in word categories, thousands of words,
unlimited lists of your own words, options especially designed for visually
challenged users, hinting and more. Hang3000 is a Carbon Mac application,
suitable for use on Mac OS9 and OSX.
Hang3000 is "secretly educational". It's played for fun, but you can't help
learning. Hang3000 includes a "knowledge area". This area includes
information associated with the guessed word or phrase. If the word chosen
is from the States or Countries category, for example, the knowledge area
will show the capital of the State or Country. If the category is Authors
or Composers, the knowledge area will show facts about, or famous works of,
the author or composer. You can also make your own lists (unlimited in
number) and include your own associated information. And, you can also add
craftily created or humorous hints to help a user guess the word or phrase.
There are dozens of categories, guaranteed to include something for
everyone. From Monsters and Dinosaurs to Star Trek and Television Shows,
from Animals and Birds to Colors and Cities, from Fruits and Vegetables to
Presidents and Vice-Presidents, from Rock and Roll to Opera and Musical
Instruments. And literally dozens more!
Hang3000 includes Multi-Level Winning Streak Score Boards and offers full
support for what's often known as "accented characters". Hang3000 supports
the entry and display of words in many languages, including Danish, Dutch,
English, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Italian Norwegian, Spanish and
Swedish.
Version 2.0 of Hang3000 is Carbonized, allowing the game to run "natively"
on both Mac OS 9 and OSX. Version 2.0 also adds new categories (to the
dozens of existing categories) designed especially for women.
Hang3000 requires a PPC Macintosh and a screen resolution of 800x600 (or
more). Hang3000 runs natively in OS9 and OSX. A version of Hang3000 for
Windows(tm) is also available.
Hang3000 is available now. For more information, or to download or
securely register the program, please visit the Hang3000 web page at:
<URL:http://www.winograd.com>
Information: http://www.winograd.com
Quick Download: http://www.winograd.com/Hang3000.sit.hqx
Keywords: Hang2000, Hang3000, Hangman, Brickles, Brickles3000, Ken
Winograd, Space-Time Associates, Mac, Macintosh, Games, Educational
Software, Teachers, Parents, Spelling, Word Games, Learning, School,
Elementary School, Education, K12, K-12, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish,
Flemish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish,Swedish
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| Mac: American Hangman ~ Brickles3000 ~ Hang3000 |
| Windows: Hang3001 ~ Presidents3001 ~ States3001 |
| Windows: Women of the World (Hang3001 for Women) |
| Smart Fun for Mac & Windows ~ http://www.winograd.com |
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:01:27 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [WWWEDU] Is Our Children Learning? (fwd)
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: WWWEDU (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:01:56 -0400
Subject: [WWWEDU] Is Our Children Learning? (fwd)
>From the IT business magazine Red Herring... -ac
Is our children learning?
Each year more than $5 billion is spent on computers in the classroom. But
it's the tech companies that benefit.
http://www.herring.com/insider/2002/08/classroom082102.html
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Andy Carvin
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.benton.org
http://www.digitalopportunity.org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:01:59 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> PROJECTS: Lighthouse Adoption
From: "Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:22:11 -0700
Subject: PROJECTS: Lighthouse Adoption
The Lighthouse Adoption project is an online, collaborative classroom effort.
Project participation is open to schools around the U.S.A. and worldwide and
is ongoing.
The project has several purposes:
1) To encourage collaboration with schools across a wide geographical area
via the Internet;
2) To promote an active exploration of geographical areas and historical facts;
3) To foster an interest in writing within the curricular area using
technology as a source point.
For more information, go to Lighthouse project
http://www.mrscavallaro.com/lighthouse.htm
Theresa Cavallaro
Fourth Grade Teacher
Spring Lake, NJ
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:02:20 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EZINE> [netsites] MAKING BREAD The Magazine for Women Who Need Dough
From: "Laura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Netsites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:24:36 -0700
Subject: [netsites] MAKING BREAD The Magazine for Women Who Need Dough
"When my company downsized me in January 2001, it was exciting at
first--a jump-start into action, I thought," writes Rosemary E. Rys in
Making Bread, a financial-advice magazine especially for women. Rys had
been waiting for the incentive to finally start her own public relations
firm, but she soon learned firsthand that striking out on your own takes
time, effort, and thought. She offers the advice culled from her
experience to others who are suddenly unemployed or are ready to make
the switch from being employees to being their own bosses.
http://www.makingbreadmagazine.com/NEWHome.htm
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:02:41 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Plane Crash Info
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:08:53 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Plane Crash Info
Plane Crash Info
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/
"Aviation accidents from 1908 through the present."
I particularly found interesting the celebrity deaths page:
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous.htm
Alan
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:03:07 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] National High Blood Pressure Education Program
From: "Dr. Y U Morostay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:37:55 -0700
Subject: [netsites] National High Blood Pressure Education Program
National High Blood Pressure Education Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/
"'Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure' is intended for people who are
interested in learning more about preventing and controlling high blood
pressure. Based on National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute clinical
guidelines and research studies, it provides up-to-date practical
information on high blood pressure."
Dr. Yennea U. Morostay
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://morostay.dermdex.net/
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:03:40 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Land of the Mammoth
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:31:11 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Land of the Mammoth
Land of the Mammoth
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/landofmammoth/landofmammoth.html
(If that URL wraps, know that it should be entered as one line)
"Take an interactive journey back in time, into the world of ice-age giants."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:04:33 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Forestry Service Database
From: "Colin Ransinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 04:27:08 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Forestry Service Database
Forestry Service Database
http://sirsi.fs.fed.us/
Records access for natural resources literature; Forest Service
Research publications; Forest Service and related publications; and more...
Colin Ransinger
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:04:58 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] SearchEdu
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 04:47:33 -0700
Subject: [netsites] SearchEdu
SearchEdu
http://www.searchedu.com/
Search over 15 million university and education pages indexed and
ranked in order of popularity. Also includes useful reference and
calculator links.
Alan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.ashlists.org/
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:05:24 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
From: "Philip Lomoas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 04:43:15 -0700
Subject: [netsites] National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
http://www.servicelearning.org/
"The Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
(NSLC) supports the service-learning community in higher education,
kindergarten through grade twelve, community-based initiatives and
tribal programs, as well as all others interested in strengthening
schools and communities using service-learning techniques and
methodologies."
Philip Lomoas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:06:13 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: Alaska bans hunting of 'Spirit bear'
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:18:53 -0700
Subject: [netsites] ARTICLE: Alaska bans hunting of 'Spirit bear'
08/25/2002 - Updated 11:28 AM ET
Alaska bans hunting of 'Spirit bear'
ANCHORAGE (APOnline) - When hunting season opens Sept. 1, one special
bear will be off limits: a rare white-colored black bear that a
photographer spotted near Juneau and turned into a local celebrity.
[...snip for copyright...]
Read the full story at USAToday:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-25-rare-bear_x.htm
Alan
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:06:33 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Public Autism Awareness
From: "Dr. Y U Morostay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:50:29 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Public Autism Awareness
Public Autism Awareness
http://www.paains.org.uk/
"Welcome to our world of Autism. This Site is designed for Parents,
Teachers, Carers and you. It offers a gentle step by step guide through
the interesting and fascinating all consuming world that is autism.
Look upon it as a signpost. Each heading will take you to information
on autism and many links relevant to the heading itself."
Dr. Yennea U. Morostay
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://morostay.dermdex.net/
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:07:34 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Today's Front Pages
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:32:47 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Today's Front Pages
Today's Front Pages
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
"Select a region and see the newspapers that are available. Click on
the paper you are interested in and see the front page."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:47:11 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Powers of Ten
Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 06:10:56 -0700
Subject: Resource: Powers of Ten
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Sent to me by Kathy S.:
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move
through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude
until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.
After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a
microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus,
chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons
and protons.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
Steve
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:13:56 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> Some of the Hottest Technology Topics News Stories Archived in
Hyperlinked Stories Since 1998
From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:58:29 -0400 (EDT)
This resource serves as a current awareness email news list and as a
web based archive of the current awareness stories posted. The focus of
coverage is news stories and developments that intersect politics and
government with high technology, computers and the internet. The archive
begins with 1998 and is available to the present in sixty-six screens of
news story headline hyperlinks. The most significant feature of this
resource is that it seems to include exclusively the most important and
highest impact issues that will have the greatest effect on society in the
arena of the impact of politics and government on technology and of
technology on the political arenas.
Declan McCullagh's Politech
<http://www.politechbot.com/>
Content Sample: Some Recent Headlines:
Debunking the idea of a lie detector test, by Alan Zelicoff
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:51:43 -0400 (EDT)
European Commission-funded paper likes open source for .gov
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:05:59 -0400 (EDT)
Rep. Howard Coble defends peer-to-peer hacking bill
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:05:55 -0400 (EDT)
Scientology says it's threatened by "unadulterated cyber-terrorism"
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 14:46:53 -0400 (EDT)
Rep. Bob Barr loses Republican primary, privacy loses an ally
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:28:41 -0400 (EDT)
Ed Felten replies to AAP's Allan Adler over DMCA threats
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:11:55 -0400 (EDT)
AAP's Allan Adler replies: "DMCA critics have missed the boat!"
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:21:38 -0400 (EDT)
Secret FISA court refuses to grant government new spy powers
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:33:53 -0400 (EDT)
Reply to "How bad is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?"
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:16:52 -0400 (EDT)
Civil libs, bookstores investigate USA Patriot surveillance
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:16:52 -0400 (EDT)
DOJ says it's ready to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:16:22 -0400 (EDT)
News Corp. decries Net's moral fiber, wants new laws
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:16:20 -0400 (EDT)
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The value of the postings can be better seen when viewing the posts
themselves:
News Corp. Decries Net's Moral Fiber, Wants New Laws
<http://www.politechbot.com/p-03909.html>
ASPEN, Colo.--The president of media giant News Corp. warns that the
Internet has become a "moral-free zone," with the medium's future
threatened by pornography, spam and rampant piracy.
<snip>
He also predicted that without new laws to stave off illicit copying, News
Corp.'s vast library of movies may never be made available in digital
form.
"The vast potential of broadband has so far benefited nobody as
clearly as it's benefited downloaders of pornography and pirates of
digital content," Chernin told an audience of about 200. News Corp.
owns 20th Century Fox and Fox Television.
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A link to the complete post about the News Corp. president's views of
piracy and other internet failings to the moral majority may be viewed at
the URL immediately above and in this posting one will find a link to the
complete news story.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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