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COM NET NEWS
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Vol. 1 No. 4 July
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Part 1--Original and Other News
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>From the Editor
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This issue of COM NET NEWS reflects the suggestions of several
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subscribers. First, COM NET NEWS will contain a Table of Contents,
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and two, the newsletter will be broken down into two parts--News from
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Other Newsletter Sources, e.g., Edupage.; and Original and Other News.
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Two areas of interest which will be covered in future issues of COM NET NEWS
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are:
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1) Commercial Marketing on the Net--pros, cons, and how its being done.
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2) Growth of Community Nets--Problems and Successes.
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Richard W. Bryant, Editor
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RW Bryant Associates
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P.O. Box 1828
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El Prado, NM 87529
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Tel/fax: 505-758-1919
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rbryant@hydra.unm.edu
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ORIGINAL AND OTHER NEWS
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New Organizations on the Net
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American Indian Computer Art Project
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Rural Economic Development
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New Law-Related Internet Site
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U.S. Federal Budget 1995/
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U.S. Tech Corps
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Combining Public Radio and Community Networks
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Scholastic Launches Internet Server and New K12 Services
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Mosaic Site in China
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NEW ORGANIZATIONS ON THE NET
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From: mwalsh@internetinfo.com
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New on the Net--April/May 1994
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A cursory review of 1,400 plus Commercial Domains and their owners
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added to the Internet in the April/May 1994 timeframe yields the
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following observations. Over 30% are in the computer related
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fields. This is based upon a rigorous and proprietary
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classification technique of assuming that if the company's name
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contains any of the magic words.... computer, digital, data,
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software, etc, etc... that the company probably has something to do
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with the computer industry.
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Most (70%) of the companies are small or very new. This
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observation is based on the fact they do not show up in any of the
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standard directories of business organizations or full text
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databases of newspaper and trade articles.
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Large companies signing on the Net:
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ARCO Products AET.COM Anaheim
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Baltimore Gas & Electric BGE.COM Baltimore
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Bell & Howell Company BHOWELL.COM Ann Arbor
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Boston Scientific Corporation SPENCER.COM Spencer
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Fisons Instruments FISONS-LIMS.COM Beverly
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Gates Rubber Co. GATES.COM Denver
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General Cinema Theatres GCTI.COM Chestnut
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Hill
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GMAC Mortgage GMACM.COM Elkins Park
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Greyhound Lines, Inc. GREYHOUND.COM Dallas
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Homelite Division of Textron HOMELITE.COM Charlotte
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James River Corp of VA JAMESRIVER.COM Richmond
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MOTOROLA ROAMING.COM Boynton
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Beach
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Nordictrack NORDICTRACK.COM Chaska
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Olin Aerospace Company OLIN.COM Redmond
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Panhandle Eastern PEL.COM Houston
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Purina Mills, Inc. PURINA-MILLS.COM St. Louis
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Rocky Mountain Health Care RMHCCO.COM Denver
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The TORO Company, Inc. TORO.COM Bloomington
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Thiokol Corporation THIOKOL.COM Ogden
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Wisconsin Electric Power Co WEPCO.COM Milwaukee
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Publishing and media related companies:
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Books That Work BTW.COM Palo Alto
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Booth Newspapers BOOTH-NEWS.COM Ann Arbor
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USA Today USATODAY.COM Silver Spring
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Encylcopaedia Britannica EBEC.COM Chicago
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Gazette Telegraph GAZETTE.COM Colorado
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Springs
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KVOR/Springs Radio Inc KVOR.COM Colorado
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Springs
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Macworld Magazine MACWORLD.COM San
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Francisco
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McGraw-Hill, Incorporated MCGRAW-HILL.COM Highstown
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MECKLERMEDIA MECKLERMEDIA.COM San
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Francisco
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Phoenix Newspapers Inc. PNI.COM Phoenix
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R.R. Donnelley & Sons RRD.COM Chicago
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San Diego Daily Transcript SDDT.COM San Diego
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SENTINEL SENTINEL7.COM Irvine
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Telluride Daily Planet DPLANET.COM Telluride
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The New York Times Co TIMES.COM New York
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Time Warner Inc. TIMEWARNER.COM New York
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Time Magazine TIMEINC.COM New York
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WCBS Radio WCBS88.COM New York
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WIRED HOTWIRED.COM San
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Francisco
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ZIFF-DAVIS Expo & Conf DIGITALWORLD.COM FOSTER
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CITY
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Financial:
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American Bankers Ins Grp ABIG.COM Miami
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Chemical Bank CHEMBANK.COM New York
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Chicago Board of Trade CBOT.COM Chicago
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Fidelity Investments FIDELITY-INV.COM Boston
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Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. KP.COM New York
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Prudential Securities Inc. PRUSEC.COM New York
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The Connecticut HedgeFund HEDGEFUND.COM Easton
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Advertising firms:
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Bernard Hodes Advertising HODES.COM New York
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Bernard Hodes Advert, Inc. CAREERMOSAIC.COM Palo Alto
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Hill, Holliday HHCC.COM Boston
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Consulting:
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Coopers & Lybrand COLYBRAND.COM New York
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Ernst & Young EY.COM Lyndhurst
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Forrester Research, Inc. FORRESTER.COM Cambridge
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KPMG Peat Marwick KPMGUS.COM Montvale
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Some big (and some nefarious) law firms:
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Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft CWT.COM New York
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Canter & Siegel PERICLES.COM Scottsdale
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Wiley, Rein & Fielding WRF.COM Washington
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Venture capital firms:
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Hummer Winblad Venture Partners HUMWIN.COM Emeryville
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TA Associates TA.COM Palo Alto
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And some that just make the Net more interesting:
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American Swings of Florida ASFL.COM Miami
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Bakery Crafts BKRYCFT.COM Cincinnati
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Propellerhead PROPELLERHEAD.COM Seattle
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Roadkill Consulting ROADKILL.COM Champaign
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Superior Dairy, Inc. SUPER.COM Canton
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Ratite Reporter BIGBIRD.COM Fort Worth
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We at Internet Info will not rest till we find out what the dairy
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is doing on the Net.
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As for geographic concentration, well here are the stats...
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The Top 10 States for New Companies Connecting to the Net
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April/May 1994
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Population
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New in New Companies
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Companies Millions per Million
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California 350 29.8 11.
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Canada 95 24.3 3.90
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Colorado 85 3.3 25.70
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New York 81 18.0 4.49
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Texas 81 17.5 4.75
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Massachuesetts 78 6.0 12.94
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Virginia 55 6.2 8.85
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Washington 52 4.8 10.64
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Illinois 48 11.4 4.19
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Maryland 41 4.7 8.55
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Ohio 35 10.8 3.22
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Source: Internet Info, Falls Church, VA For more information email to
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info@internetinfo.com
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The Top 10 States for New Companies Connecting to the Net
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April/May 1994 (Adjusted for State Population)
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Population
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New in New
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Companies
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Companies Millions per Mill
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Colorado 85 3.30 25.70
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Dist. of Columbia 10 0.60 16.42
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Massachusetts 78 6.02 12.94
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California 350 29.83 11.73
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Washinton 52 4.88 10.64
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Vermont 5 0.56 8.87
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Virginia 55 6.21 8.85
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Maryland 41 4.79 8.55
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New Hampshire 8 1.11 7.19
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Rhode Island 7 1.00 6.97
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Source: Internet Info, Falls Church, VA For more information email to
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info@internetinfo.com
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AMERICAN INDIAN COMPUTER ART PROJECT
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From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart)
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Turtle Heart turtle@soft21.s21.com (Ahnishinabeg)
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American Indian Computer Art Project BBS 619-374-2100
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Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light
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American Indian Computer Art Project needs anywhere from (1) to (8)
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4 MB 9-pin SIMMS memory chips. They will trade fine original art for
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any chips. (we need at least two real bad). We are in the remote Mojave
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Desert.
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RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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From: Jeff Lohrmann <jlohrmann@igc.apc.org>
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Jeff Lohrmann
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Facilitator for Gov Information
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IGC Networks
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jlohrmann@igc.org
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From: Christian Gibbons <chrisg@csn.org>
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Subject: Some Practical Stuff
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I thought I might post some of the work we have done over the last
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couple of weeks to give you an idea of day to day activities here in Littleton.
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For a fast growing landscape contractor who wants to take his company
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public, we did extensive research on IPO's (Initial Public Offerings). We
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were able to find articles on the problems of manipulating earnings
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before going public; pro's and con's of IPO's; a list of major underwriters and
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their performance; books and other publications on taking your
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company public; and a list of local companies who had gone public recently.
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He was also concerned about the liability of handling toxic waste and its
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impact on his personal finances. We found a whole series of articles
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from sources as diverse as Risk Management, Business of New Hampshire,
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LA Business Journal and Pennsylvania CPA Journal which indicated that
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he did have a major liability as a transporter which would have to be
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accounted for when he went public.
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We also found a couple of newsletters that we suggested he subscribe to:
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Construction Claims Citator and Hazardous Waste Litigation
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Reporter.
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The idea is that information like this makes you more competitive which
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eventually leads to wealth and job creation.
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This morning, we worked with our the TV studio of our local community
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college to finish production on two video tapes about local "best
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practices". One is on customer service at The Tattered Cover, a four
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story book store in Denver (Cherry Creek). The other is on business
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strategies and features a high quality independent meat store called
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Tony's. In the era of mega-grocery stores, Tony's has grown and
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prospered by filling a niche for high quality meats.
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Last Friday, we briefed some bankers on our search capabilities and
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then proceeded to develop a list of auto parts wholesalers in the region,
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ranked by sales, so they could make sales calls.
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Yesterday, a company that puts embroidered logos on hats and golf
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shirts asked for a list of conventions coming to Denver within the next year.
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He will approach the participants and offer to provide shirts and hats. We
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had the list within 10 minutes.
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Last Thursday, we met with a company that specialized in merging
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private companies into public shells and providing financing. We do not believe
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that our small efforts at trying to solve the multi-billion dollar capital
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needs of Littleton businesses will make much of a dent so we try to
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improve the workings of the private capital markets through better
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information.
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Last Tuesday, we worked with our community college and the local
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telecommunication companies to kick off a curriculum and training
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programming supporting that effort. We recently visited a
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CD-I(interactive) shop and may use that technology to deliver training in
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the field. The cable TV houses may install CD players in trucks and then
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their field people can learn and review while they are on the job. Other
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portions may be broadcast out of the college's TV studio. The community
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college made a major effort to get a micro-wave path to an uplink
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station last year and it is starting to payoff.
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We are continuing in our effort to become the "wired city". We are
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thinking of T-shirts that say "Whoever dies with the most wires, wins".
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We are also sponsoring the Colorado Issues Network meeting in July
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with a theme of "Complexity and Economic Development". We hope to talk to
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Brian Arthur via conference phone call.
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NEW LAW-RELATED INTERNET SITE
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From: Neal Friedman <nfriedma@CLARK.NET>
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Pepper & Corazzini, L.L.P.
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1776 K St., N.W.
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Washington, DC 20006
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VOICE: 202-296-0600 FAX: 202-296-5572
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http://www.iis.com/pandc-home.html
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gopher://gopher.iis.com/11/p-and-c
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ftp://ftp.iis.com/companies/p-and-c
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Pepper & Corazzini, L.L.P., is proud to announce the launch of the first
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Internet site devoted to communications law and the emerging field of
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information law.
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Information is reachable by WWW, FTP or gopher.
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The URLS are as follows:
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http://www.iis.com/p-and-c
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gopher://gopher.iis.com/11/p-and-c
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Gopher bookmark:
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Type=1
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Name=Pepper and Corazzini, L.L.P, Attorneys at Law
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Path=1/ftp/pub/business-center/companies-and-orgs/by-name/pepper-
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and-corazzini
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Host=gopher.iis.com
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Port=70
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ftp://ftp.iis.com/companies/p-and-c
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Pepper & Corazzini's site includes memos written by our attorneys on a
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variety of current issues related to broadcasting, cable, common
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carriers, PCS and information law. Our WWW server has a direct link
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to the FCC gopher. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
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U.S. TECH CORPS
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From: Gary J. Beach
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Publisher Computerworld
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ustech@cw.com
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Anyone who has written code, maintained a network, or planned a
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company information system knows that implementation is everything.
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Surprisingly, so do thousands of U.S. school teachers and administrators.
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Throughout the U.S., our schools say that a shortage of technical talent
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is their largest obstacle in moving the "information superhighway" from
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vision to reality. Their tight budgets and a dire shortage of technical skills
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stand in the way of implementing technology where it is most needed: the local
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classroom.
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A solution may be in sight.
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Computerworld, the national newspaper of information systems
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management, is working jointly with the White House Office of Science
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and Technology to develop the U.S. Tech Corp.
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Modeled on the U.S. Peace Corps, the U.S. Tech Corps will rally the
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talents and skills of more than 1.9 million computer professionals to assist
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public schools in planning and implementing information technology. Through
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contributions of their time and expertise, these volunteers will play an
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integral and crucial role in building local roads to the national
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information superhighway. Even an hour a week of discussion and planning can
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help your local school.
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The U.S. Tech Corps will be operated with assistance from the White
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House, the National Education Association, and the National
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Association of School Administrators. Volunteers will receive a U.S. Tech
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Corps certificate signed by the President, as well as local recognition. Of
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course, the greatest reward may be the satisfaction gained from contributing
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your valuable skills to the future of our school children.
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[Action Items: What else is needed? Do you think that your fellow
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computer professionals will respond favorably or unfavorably to this proposal?
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How might the U.S. Tech Corp be made to work?]
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Comment to ustech@cw.com.
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U.S. FEDERAL BUDGET 1995/
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From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
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The following is from the gopher at: sunny.stat-usa.gov
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It is located in:
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5. Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1995/
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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Explanation of Estimates........................................ 3
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Government-wide General Provisions............................... 9
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Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency:
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Legislative Branch............................................. 13
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The Judiciary.............................................. 43
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Executive Office of the President.............................. 55
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Funds Appropriated to the President............................ 67
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Department of Agriculture...................................... 109
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Department of Commerce......................................... 241
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Department of Defense--Military................................ 277
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Department of Defense--Civil................................... 343
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Department of Education........................................ 361
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Department of Energy........................................... 395
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Dept of Health and Human Serv, except Social Security 427
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Dept of Health and Human Services, Social Security....... 459
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Department of Housing and Urban Development................ 463
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Department of the Interior..................................... 503
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Department of Justice.......................................... 577
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Department of Labor............................................ 609
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Department of State............................................ 633
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Department of Transportation................................... 651
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Department of the Treasury..................................... 711
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Department of Veterans Affairs................................. 749
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Environmental Protection Agency................................ 791
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General Services Administration................................ 805
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration.............. 821
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Office of Personnel Management................................. 831
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Small Business Administration.................................. 841
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Other Independent Agencies..................................... 853
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Other Materials:
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Supplemental Proposals......................................... 987
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Rescission Proposals........................................... 1005
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Amendments to and Revs in Budget Authority for 1994... 1025
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Advance Appropriations, Advance Funding, and Forward Funding
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for 1995...................................................... 1027
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Estimates for Government-Sponsored Enterprises.............. 1029
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Index........................................................... 1045
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COMBINING PUBLIC RADIO AND COMMUNITY up information about what we did.
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This announcement was played on the radio station this week, and I
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posted it to ba.internet and ba.broadcast (ba = Bay Area).
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> So you've logged on and you're ready to surf the internet, but which
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> way do you go? lt's a long stretch of highway and even the road maps
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> are confusing.
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> Well, on Friday, May 27th, at 8:30am, we can go cruising together
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when KPFA's Computer Access show will host a community login. Eric
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Theise, from Bay Area Internet Literacy, will guide us thru an exploration of
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> USENET and Internet Relay Chat.
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> So set your radio to 94.1fm, log onto your favorite internet provider
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> and join us for a community login on Computer Access, May 27th at
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> 8:30am on your listener supported station, KPFA.
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>
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> --Chupoo Alafonte'
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Here's one bit of feedback that came across today on the newsgroups.
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> Eric S. Theise (verve@well.sf.ca.us) wrote: ...
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> : So set your radio to 94.1fm, log onto your favorite internet provider
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> : and join us for a community login on Computer Access, May 27th at
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> : 8:30am on your listener supported station, KPFA.
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> : ...
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> And we of the usually timid, semi-literate public did indeed login and
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> actually participate in this broadcast. My wife sat next to me in front
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> of the radio and p.c. monitor (which she usually avoids like the plague)
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> and showed an interest in the guided tour of the newsgroups. Maybe it
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was Eric's and Chupoo's enthusiasm and well modulated voices that sold
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her.
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>When it came time to join the KPFC IRC, I got cold feet (having
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never done more than "lurk" before), but couldn't resist the temptation and
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> joined my first IRC. Being all thumbs and having no prepared scripts,
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> I only got a couple of one-liners in -- but it was fun. Am I hooked on
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> Internet Chats? Well, maybe I'll wait for the next KPFA multi-media
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> event. Which brings up the question I came here to ask: When are
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you (KPFA, Eric, Chupoo) going to do it again? I'll be there with my wife.
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> Make it an hour instead of 30 minutes and I'll invite the neighbors.
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> Good show. Keep it up.
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> David McKay <mck@rahul.net>
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It was a half hour show, and we started by talking about what USENET
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was, how it worked, and the different ways of accessing it. The
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detailed instructions I gave were for the tin newsreader, but we also
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talked about how select aspects of USENET could be found on AOL and
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local bulletin board systems such as Women's Wire, SF Net, and the SF
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PC Users Group. The USENET stuff went on for about 20 minutes, and
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we had a few listeners call in with questions about access.
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We then contrasted the asynchronous nature of USENET with the real-
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time nature of IRC. I created a #kpfa channel, gave instructions, and was
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blown away by a few dozen people cascading in from The WELL,
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Netcom, CRL, a21, UC Berkeley, and Delphi. The radio program might have
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gone up for grabs at the point, as the IRC channel filled with good natured
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banter about the program, questions about USENET, and a call for
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people to post what cities they were connecting from.
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We're going to do it again on June 17th for 45 minutes as part of the
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KPFA Marathon. We're hoping that Osborne, who's local, will kick in a
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few pairs of Hahn and Stout as $75 premiums. We'll probably tour
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gopher/veronica-space and wind up with another IRC session.
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I have a tape of the show. If anyone wants to mail me a cassette (in a
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re-usable, post-paid mailer), I'll dupe it for you. I suppose I should
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put this out on the Web as an .au file, but maybe I'll just wait until
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Carl "Internet Talk Radio" Malamud comes calling. 8-)
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SCHOLASTIC LAUNCHES INTERNET SERVER AND NEW K-12 SERVICES
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From: NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY : June 22, 1994 Stephen
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Covington <cvington@NETCOM.COM>
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New York, NY--June 12, 1994-- Scholastic Network today announced
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the launch of Scholastic Internet Services, Created to offer K-12
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teachers and students an easy-to-use, high-value destination on the
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coming 'Information Superhighway, the Scholastic Internet Services
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are accessible to all Internet users and include a K-12 net site running
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Gopher, WAIS and WWW..
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The new Scholastic Internet services announced today are: Scholastic
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Internet Libraries, four electronic curriculum libraries with a myriad of
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resources and over 5,000 full-text articles offered for site licenses; the
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Scholastic Internet Center, a free Internet site offering information,
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lesson plans, and electronic newsletters; and the Ultimate Education Store, a
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searchable, on-line catalog of educational books, magazines, software,
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curriculum kits, and more. "These Internet Services are an effective
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first step in bringing Scholastic's information resources onto the Internet,"
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said Susan Mernit, Director of Network Development. "All the Scholastic
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Divisions contributed to this effort.".
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"As more schools connect to the Internet, Scholastic Internet Services
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provide a simpler method for teachers and students to get access to
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libraries of information on science, language arts, and technology," said
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Richard Robinson, President, Chairman, and CEO of Scholastic. " When we
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launched Scholastic Network with America Online last fall, our goal was to
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help K-12 teachers and their students work interactively with a variety of
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information. With the introduction of our Internet services, all educators with
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Internet access gain the ability to connect to Scholastic materials."
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"From a national perspective, the emergence of electronic information
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delivery presents new opportunities for all sectors of society," said Linda
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Roberts, Secretary's Advisor on Technology, U.S. Department of
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Education. "The Internet offers educators access to information that was
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previously difficult to reach. With a growing number of teachers on the Internet
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, this use of technology clearly allows teachers to better serve the needs of st
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udents."
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Using technology developed by Wide Area Information Services (WAIS),
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Scholastic's technology partner in this effort, parents and teachers can
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easily search and retrieve what they are looking for in the Scholastic
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libraries as well as the aisles of books, magazines, newsletters and other
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educational products in the store, without leaving their home, school or
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office. Consumers and educators can order information and materials
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directly from the company using credit cards and purchase orders online.
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The WAIS technology allows Scholastic Internet Services users to
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browse and search without typing long commands. For example, a student is
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able to ask for information about "volcanoes" and immediately see a list of
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all the data available relating to volcanoes. This technology makes the
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Internet more accessible to computer-users who often find the Internet
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difficult to navigate.
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One of the new services, the Scholastic Internet Libraries, is available
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to state education networks, regional telephone companies, and regional
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internet providers for site license for their account-holders. These
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school science, reading and language arts, integrating technology into
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the classroom, and teaching with seasonal activities. Subscribers to the
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Scholastic Network on America Online have full access to these Internet
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resources without additional charge.
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Education-related networks, gophers, MOSAIC sites, etc. are
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encouraged to connect to the Scholastic Internet Center For more information
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on the services, including the URL and Gopher addresses to link to, send email
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to sninternet@aol.com. A special effort is being made to provide
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appropriate and relevant resources and pages for students as well--stay turned!)
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Scholastic Network is the first full-service online network designed
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exclusively for teachers and students. Scholastic Inc. (NMS:SCHL) ,
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headquartered in New York, is among the leading publishers and
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distributors of children's books, classroom and professional magazines, and
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other educational materials. The Company also publishes educational
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computer software and produces children and family-oriented video and
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television programming. Scholastic operates in the United States, Canada,
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Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
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For press information, contact Todd Friedman,Scholastic, 212-343-6878
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email: toddotodd@aol.com
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For Internet Services information, contact Susan Mernit,
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Director of Network Development
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Scholastic Network
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555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
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phone: 212-343-4940.
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email: Susanim@aol.com
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MOSAIC SITE IN CHINA
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From:BMcKercher@idrc.ca
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Bob McKercher
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International Development Research Centre
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Ottawa, Canada
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The machine in Beijing is bepc2.ihep.ac.cn (in fact it is from bepc1 to
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bepc5). You may use the command
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finger @bepc2.ihep.ac.cn to find out who is on.
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There is a way to find the email address of a particular
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person. I forgot the postmaster name of this service.
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The WWW service address is
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http://www.ihep.ac.cn:3000/ihep.html
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it also contains most information about internet in China.
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IHEP-SLAC Networking
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China Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP)
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established its own Local Area Network (LAN)
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supporting DECnet in 1988 and became a user of
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CNPAC in 1990.
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Due to the physics collaboration between IHEP and
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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), the
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first direct international 64 Kbps leased line
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in China via AT&T satellite was established to
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SLAC in March, 1993. The US Department of
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Commerce ( DoC) restricted this first China
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connection to SLAC only. IHEP users can send
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e-mail to people all over the world, but can
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only transfer files and connect to SLAC
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machines. In 1993, IHEP local area network
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supported both TCP/IP and DECnet; Only DECnet
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ran on this lease line to the outside world.
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At the end of 1993, IHEP got the final
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permission of removing the restriction and full
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access to ESnet part of the US Internet, in
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the meantime, IHEP received the approval via DoE
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to get the first CISCO in China in Feb, 1994.
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ESnet and IHEP are working on the new network
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configuration of IHEP since February, 1994.
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TCP/IP routing between IHEP and the full ESnet
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began on April 25th, 1994.More software has been
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installed ( like WWW) and more network service
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will be provided.
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Dr. Rongsheng XU, director of Computer Center of
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IHEP, has opened accounts for more than 300 top
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scientists in different research areas in China
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so that they can exchange e-mail with outside
|
|
world, obtain preprints... at home via modem and
|
|
phone line or via CHINAPAC.
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In the summer of 1994 when BTA accomplishes the
|
|
fiber optic between Beijing and Shanghai, the
|
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IHEP - SLAC network link will be changed from
|
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satellite to fiber optic physical link from
|
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Beijing to Shanghai, to Tokyo, to US, which is
|
|
more stable and easier for the future upgrading.
|
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IHEP has an intention to upgrade the link rate
|
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to 128 kbps and establish video conferencing on
|
|
the Internet; In the meantime, IHEP continues to
|
|
set up its scientific information database for
|
|
Chinese scientists. IHEP has gained the support
|
|
from National Science Foundation of China ( NSFC)
|
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for the future network development and some
|
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institutes have planed to connect their LAN to
|
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IHEP network directly.
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Educom
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Apple Computer--Solutions for Disabled
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Broader Electronic Surveillance Powers
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CEA Predicts $100 Billion Gain from Telecom Reform
|
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New Network Division at IBM
|
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Telemedicine Expands in Georgia
|
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Lotus Goes Multi-Lingual--Improves E-Mail Prospects
|
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Multimedia Exec Goes Hollywood
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Motorola Unveils 3-Way Chip, Snags Hong Kong Contract
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PSI Tells Law Firm to "Cease and Desist" Advertising
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3 Rs + Computer Literacy
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The Traffic Report
|
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Delivering Fish on the Highway
|
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A Virtual Government
|
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Printing on the Leading Edge of the Highway
|
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Electronic Forms To Reduce Paper
|
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Information Highway Guide Headed to the Printer
|
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|
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HPCwire
|
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Singapore Telecom $50 Million System Upgrade
|
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Survey Says: Large U.S. Firms Slowly Buying into Superhighway
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Idea
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FROM EDUCOM
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Apple Computer, Inc. provides solutions for people with disabilities.
|
|
Apple has announced Aisle 17, a mail-order source that provides
|
|
technology solutions for those with disabilities. It's the first
|
|
nationwide distribution channel to bundle Macs with assistive
|
|
technology products from leading software and peripheral
|
|
manufacturers. Bundles are affordably-priced for individuals with
|
|
learning disabilities, visual impairment, and physical disabilities.
|
|
Also available: bundles for rehabilitation professionals. Contact: Aisle
|
|
17 at 800-600-7808.
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BROADER ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE POWERS
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|
|
The Canadian government wants a review of proposed legislation
|
|
that would make it easier for police to intercept digital or computer
|
|
communications. If approved, the legislation would allow police to
|
|
monitor a wide range of personal data such as credit card usage,
|
|
telephone calling patterns, automated teller transactions and even
|
|
proposed interactive cable systems. (Ottawa Citizen 6/13/94 A4)
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|
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CEA PREDICTS $100 BILLION GAIN FROM TELECOM REFORM
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|
|
|
The Council of Economic Advisors released a White Paper June 14
|
|
predicting the economy could grow by an extra $100 billion over the
|
|
next decade if the Clinton administration's proposed
|
|
telecommunications legislation is adopted. CEA estimated 500,000
|
|
new jobs would by created by 1996, and employment in the
|
|
telecommunications and information sector could increase from 3.6
|
|
million to 5 million workers by the end of the next decade. (BNA
|
|
Daily Report for Executives 6/15/94 A26)
|
|
|
|
NEW NETWORK DIVISION AT IBM
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|
|
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IBM is creating a new Networked Applications Services division to
|
|
consolidate the company's projects in multimedia, electronic trading,
|
|
Internet services, video teleconferencing, software for networked
|
|
groups, interactive information kiosks, and electronic publishing.
|
|
(New York Times 6/17/94 C3)
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|
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TELEMEDICINE EXPANDS IN GEORGIA
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|
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The Georgia Statewide Academic and Medicine System, a two-way
|
|
interactive TV system connecting doctors with patients at remote
|
|
sites, will link at least 50 health care facilities by year's end. (Atlanta
|
|
Journal-Constitution 6/17/94 B8)
|
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|
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LOTUS GOES MULTI-LINGUAL, IMPROVES E-MAIL PROSPECTS
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|
|
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Targeting the needs of multinational organizations, all new
|
|
versions of Lotus's software products will simultaneously be
|
|
available in seven languages, including Japanese and Chinese. The
|
|
first product to go multi-lingual will be Approach 3.0 for Windows.
|
|
(Information Week 6/20/94 p.15). Meanwhile, Lotus has snatched
|
|
up SoftSwitch Inc. for about $70 million, giving it access to
|
|
strategically important communications technology for its cc:Mail and
|
|
Lotus Notes products. (Wall Street Journal 6/17/94 B10)
|
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|
|
MULTIMEDIA EXEC GOES HOLLYWOOD
|
|
|
|
Robert Kavner, the head of AT&T's multimedia efforts, has joined
|
|
Hollywood's premier talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, in a
|
|
move that analysts say signals the increasing convergence of the
|
|
entertainment and communications industries. (New York Times
|
|
6/17/94 C1)
|
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|
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MOTOROLA UNVEILS 3-WAY CHIP, SNAGS HONG KONG CONTRACT
|
|
|
|
Motorola's new MC68356 chip combines a microprocessor, a
|
|
digital-signal processor, and a special communications processor, all
|
|
on a single sliver of silicon. The three-way chip will be used in
|
|
credit-card-sized high-speed modems, cellular telephone equipment
|
|
and automobile guidance systems. (Wall Street Journal 6/20/94 B8)
|
|
Meanwhile, Motorola's been hired to build a $40 million high-speed
|
|
wireless computing network in Hong Kong. A trial run of the
|
|
network, operating at 19.2 K bits per second, is planned for later this
|
|
year. (Investor's Business Daily 6/20/94 A14)
|
|
|
|
PSI TELLS LAW FIRM TO "CEASE AND DESIST" ADVERTISING
|
|
|
|
Performance Systems International Inc., which provides Internet
|
|
access for Arizona law firm Canter & Siegel, has ordered them to
|
|
"cease and desist" their unsolicited advertising on some 1,000
|
|
bulletin boards. The law firm has raked in about $100,000 in
|
|
business since their first ad was posted in April, but the husband-
|
|
and-wife principals also have been deluged with obscene phone calls
|
|
and "carloads" of magazines to which they never subscribed. "This is
|
|
a down and dirty bunch of irresponsible" miscreants, says Ms. Siegel.
|
|
(Wall Street Journal 6/22/94 B5)
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|
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3 Rs + COMPUTER LITERACY
|
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|
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New Brunswick plans to make computer literacy a core subject
|
|
required for high school graduation, in hopes of reducing
|
|
unemployment. (Toronto Globe & Mail 6/24/94 B1)
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|
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|
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From: The Traffic Report
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|
Issue No. 8
|
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Information Highway Secretariat
|
|
June 9, 1994
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>From mauricel@gov.nb.ca Jun 9 1994
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|
|
DELIVERING FISH ON THE HIGHWAY
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|
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The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture is connecting its
|
|
electronic mail system to the Internet, an early step in using
|
|
the information highway to reach international markets. The
|
|
objective is to gain a competitive edge by providing
|
|
up-to-the-minute information to global customers. The department
|
|
is also examining the ways and means of using the Internet for
|
|
research and video conferencing to cut travel and offer training
|
|
to international students.
|
|
Contact: Guy LeBlanc (506) 457-7303
|
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|
|
A VIRTUAL GOVERNMENT
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|
|
|
First, there was a coherent program for voice communications
|
|
that offered government departments better services at lower
|
|
costs. Now, the same idea is being used by the Information
|
|
Highway Secretariat to find to find the best and most cost
|
|
effective ways to exchange data. Issues being discussed include
|
|
how small, medium and large government offices will connect, the
|
|
hardware and software they will use. Most of the information is
|
|
already in place and is being put into an overall plan that will
|
|
be released sometime this fall.
|
|
Contact: Danny Keizer (506) 457-4888 danny@gov.nb.ca
|
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|
|
PRINTING ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY
|
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|
|
A sophisticated computer network, high speed digital modems and
|
|
video conferencing equipment are all working together to help
|
|
Centennial Print in Fredericton print documents on demand. A
|
|
major customer for the service is Northern Telecom which uses the
|
|
system to print small quantities of software manuals as they are
|
|
required by clients around the world. Locally, the print on
|
|
demand system is being used for small runs of textbooks and
|
|
brochures.
|
|
Contact: Mark Lancaster (506) 453-1310
|
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|
|
ELECTRONIC FORMS TO REDUCE PAPER
|
|
|
|
The Department of Supply and Services wants to replace paper
|
|
forms with electronic versions. The objective is to reduce the
|
|
amount of paper used by government. More important, though, is
|
|
the promised reduction in handling. Intelligent computer forms
|
|
can be built to require that all the blanks be filled in and can
|
|
help reduce typographical errors. The project is a step towards
|
|
EDI - electronic data interchange - that aims to eliminate paper
|
|
between people, offices and organizations.
|
|
Contact: Richard Dunphy (506) 453-8737 richardd@gov.nb.ca
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|
|
INFORMATION HIGHWAY GUIDE HEADED TO THE PRINTER
|
|
|
|
More than 60 companies that make use of the Internet have
|
|
asked to be included in the guide being produced by Harley*Mallory
|
|
Strategic Communications. The guide will be officially released at
|
|
the "Doing Business on the Information Highway" conference to be
|
|
held at the Wu Conference Centre, UNB, on June 30th. And Internet
|
|
email was the key tool in gathering the information so quickly --
|
|
far faster than previous efforts of this kind that relied on phone
|
|
calls and faxes. The guide is headed for the printer on Monday or
|
|
Tuesday -- so this is the last call for entries.
|
|
Contact: Nora Mallory (506) 450-7603 hmcom@nbnet.nb.ca
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>From HPCwire June 10, 1994
|
|
Copyright 1994 HPCwire.
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To receive the weekly HPCwire at no charge, send e-mail without
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|
text to "trial@hpcwire.ans.net".
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|
|
SINGAPORE TELECOM $50 MILLION SYSTEM UPGRADE
|
|
|
|
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. has commissioned a Singapore
|
|
$50 million Multi-Machine Teleview System (MMTS) to expand its
|
|
information transmission capacity by six times and link users to
|
|
Internet, the international computer network.
|
|
|
|
ST executive vice president (local services) Lee Hsien Yang said at
|
|
the commissioning of MMTS that Teleview users will have services
|
|
like Internet access by the end of the month.
|
|
|
|
MMTS is a network of 12 mini-computers. Teleview is an on-line
|
|
service with 15,000 subscribers accessing a database of over 140,000
|
|
pages of information. Users must have a personal computer and a
|
|
modem to link to the information which is provided by over 100
|
|
vendors. The services include share price information, lottery results
|
|
and ticket booking.
|
|
|
|
Among Teleview's improved services will be access to enhanced
|
|
Reuters Holdings Plc financial database, Lee said. Local area network
|
|
(LAN) operators will also be able to offer Teleview through their
|
|
networks.
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|
|
|
Lee said Teleview has to evolve to incorporate new technologies even
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as Singapore embraces cable television and video-on-demand.
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"Singapore Telecom will be conducting a multi-media Teleview trial
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within the next two years," Lee said.
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SURVEY SAYS: LARGE U.S. FIRMS SLOWLY BUYING INTO
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SUPERHIGHWAY IDEA
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Lake Forest, Ill. -- Large U.S. firms are buying into the heavy media
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hype surrounding the so-called "Information Superhighway,"
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according to a survey conducted by Interactive Facts, an industry
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newsletter highlighting breaking developments in this field.
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Interactive Facts initiated the survey of 268 executives overseeing
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marketing and advertising decisions at large American organizations.
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The survey was conducted between April 25 and May 18, 1994.
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Following are the results of the survey:
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1) Is your organization currently using any interactive technologies
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to communicate with customers or market goods/services?
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YES 51%
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NO 47%
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Don't Know 2%
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2) Is your organization currently, or will you in 1994, be
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researching the new technologies such as on-line services, CD-ROM's,
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kiosks or interactive television?
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YES 72%
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NO 23%
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Don't Know 5%
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3) How long do you believe it will take before interactive actually
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has any impact on how you communicate with customers or market
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goods/services?
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Less than 1 Year 9%
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1-2 Years 48%
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3-5 Years 34%
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6-10 Years 6%
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Over 10 Years 3%
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"The hype certainly has gotten big firms to turn their heads, whether
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or not they'll follow through with interactive programs remains to be
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seen," commented Sherry McHone, editor of Interactive Facts. "Many
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of the firms claiming to already have interactive programs in place
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are referring to the use of Electronic Mail. Beyond that, firms
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apparently are feeling the need to investigate the other new
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technologies like on-line services and CD-ROM's. Ninety-one percent
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of those responding felt interactive will have an impact on how they
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market within five years, quite an aggressive view."
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