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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 10:16:55 +0100
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From: "Dr C.R. Sutton"
Subject: Re: SLS Meeting--Last Call
In-Reply-To: <18934.199503272336@hawk.le.ac.uk> from
"JAL@PORTIA.EARN" at Mar
27, 95 01:11:06 pm
Dear Jay Labinger,
SLS conference
I am not yet a member of SLS, but have enjoyed conversations on the
network,
and earlier this year I corresponded at some length with Jeff Sturges
about his
proposal for a session on reflective writing in science.
I was not planning to offer a paper myself, thinking it unlikely that I
could
be in North America this year.
Recently, however, I laid plans to present a paper at the third
international
conference on the history and philosophy of science, in Minneapolis (29
Oct to
2 Nov), so it might be possible to come on to Los Angeles thereafter (3
Nov?).
The main point of doing so would be to meet members of SLS, but your
last call
for papers says you haven't enough on metaphor in science. Surely that
should
be remedied(!), so here's an outline which might fit your programme. My
main
concern is with science in secondary schools, and my approach has been
influenced by Kate Hayles.
Clive Sutton.
Awareness of the figurative in science
Clive Sutton * School of Education, University of Leicester, U.K.
Science teachers have traditionally paid little attention to the
figurative
uses of language, except when considering analogies as some kind of
'extra'
teaching aid. In this paper I shall argue that a much more all-pervasive
sense
of the figurative is desirable, both in order to convey a better
understanding
of how scientists work, and to empower the learners as learners.
I shall begin by rehearsing the functions of figures of speech in the
development of new scientific ideas, and trace how these fade or 'die'
as each
area of scientific knowledge matures. What we then take to be the
'literal'
words of scientific description are in effect the remnants of old
figures of
speech which have grown so familiar that their earlier metaphorical
quality is
easily overlooked.
The practical problem for the teacher who understands this linkage is
how to
re-activate these dormant metaphors in 'ordinary' scientific language,
so that
learners may hear again the human voice of scientists who developed the
ways of
talking which we now take for granted. To re-activate the thought behind
any
established way of talking, we must get the learners to understand that
in
science (as in other areas of life) language works as a medium of
interpretation and persuasion in the first instance, not simply a system
of
descriptive labelling. The 'interpretive' and 'labelling' views of
language
will be compared and contrasted. I hope also to show that the
conventional
separation of 'figurative' and 'literal' cannot be sustained, and a new
understanding of their relationship is needed for those who work in
science
education.
* [author of Words, Science and Learning, Open University Press 1992.]
postal address: Clive Sutton, Leicester University School of
Education,
21 University Road, Leicester LE1 7RF, U.K.
E-mail: CRS@LEICESTER.AC.UK Fax: (44) 116 - 252
3653
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 10:26:00 -0400
Reply-To: "Society for Literature and Science - philos.,
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From: Michel Pierssens
Subject: Meetings
In-Reply-To: <199504041250.AA03176@condor.CC.UMontreal.CA>
Could someone give me some information about two meetings I heard
vaguely about (dealing with literature and science): one that
supposedly
took place a few weeks ago in Georgia (?) and another one that should
take
place at Rutgers in july 96?
Thanks!
Michel Pierssens
Etudes francaises
Universite de Montreal
piersens@ere.umontreal.ca
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Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 21:08:15 +1000
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From: John Cokley
Subject: Re: SLS Meeting--Last Call
Introducing John Cokley, science editor and literary correspondant at
The
Sunday Mail newspaper, Brisbane, Australia. May I see your proposed
paper, please, with a view to an article for my weekly columns?
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Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 06:14:29 -0700
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From: JayLabinger
Subject: Re: SLS Meeting--Last Call
>Dear Jay Labinger,
>
Your message consisted of nothing but the above. Please try again....
Jay Labinger
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Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 16:36:39 -0400
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From: harnett@DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Subject: Delete this: Test
Test
--
Best,
Gerald Harnett
harnett@alumni.upenn.edu
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Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 18:19:04 -0400
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From: harnett@DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Subject: Hellas Submissions
HELLAS
Call for Submissions
HELLAS, A Journal of Poetry and the Humanities, is a
literary and scholarly semiannual devoted to a
rationalist reform of the arts. Of the 160 pages of each
issue, 40 are devoted to poetry, especially metrical,
that avoids prosaism and meaninglessness. The remainder
is devoted to prose of different kinds, including not
only serious scholarship, but a sprinkling of learned
entertainement.
Some general remarks on submissions:
1) Every submission must be accompanied by a stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
2) It is advisable to query first by email or regular
mail with an abstract and a copy of the essay's first
page.
3) Footnotes should follow Chicago style.
4) Submissions MUST appeal to the non-specialist.
Please note that, although the "maximum length" of each
section may occasionally be exceeded, brevity will aid a
submission's chances of acceptance.
Queries and abstracts, but not essays or poems, may be
emailed directly to the address of Gerald Harnett, the
editor-in-chief:
HARNETT@ALUMNI.UPENN.EDU
ESSAYS
Finely written and rigorously coherent studies of modern
poetry, Renaissance literature and ancient literature.
One essay in each of these three areas, and another in
philosophy, is used in each issue. Essays in other areas,
such as medieval or Enlightenment literature, are also
occasionally taken. Especially sought are studies of
classicism, neoclassicism and the relations between
ancient and modern literatures. Include SASE. Maximum
length: 10,000 words.
HISTORY
Hellas would like to publish essays in ancient, medieval
and Renaissance history, preferably with some pertinence
to literary studies, of interest to the general reader.
These may be scholarly or casual, but MUST be readable.
Maximum length: 10,000 words.
ARS POETICA
Essays on technical matters such as meter, poetic diction
and trope. Maximum length: 5,000 words.
DIVERTIMENTI
Amusing essays on literary subjects. Maximum length:
3,000 words.
FORUM
Opinion on issues stirring the world of arts and letters.
Maximum length: 3000 words.
ULTIMA THULE
A forum wherein the enlightened opposition, such as there
is, may display higher nervous system functions and
vocalization skills. Both serious and humorous essays are welcome.
Maximum length: 5,000 words.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Renaissance Studies: William Kerrigan and Gordon Braden
Classical Studies: Barry Baldwin
Modern Poetry Studies: Christopher Clausen
Philosophy: John Ellis and Eva Brann
Ars Poetica: David Rothman
Forum: Joseph Aimone
Poetry: Gerald Harnett
Advisory Board: Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht, X.J.
Kennedy, Molly Peacock
Editor-in-chief: Gerald Harnett
HELLAS is published by the Aldine Press, Ltd., a
nonprofit corporation. Contributions in cash or kind are
tax-deductible.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: 1 yr.: $14. 2 yrs.: $24. Foreign
subscriptions: $4 extra per year. Issued semiannually.
ISSN 1044-5331. Send payment with subscription order to:
HELLAS 304 South Tyson Avenue, Glenside, PA 19038
About HELLAS
Honored by the Conference of Editors of Learned Journals
in 1991 with a Best New Journal award, Hellas is a
unique, Miltonic wedding of paideia and poiesis,
instruction and delight, engaging scholarship and
original poetry. Hellas and its remarkable new generation
of poets critics and theorists have yoked the energy of
the contemporary imagination to the verbal elegance,
moral seriousnessness and good order of neoclassical
tradition.
"Hellas is a most worthy journal, and I recommend it
highly."
Paul Kristeller
"Hellas is beautiful, strong and original.
Congratulations!"
Fred Turner
"I have been reading through Hellas with interest,
amusement and old-fashioned pleasure. Provocative and
innovative, Hellas offers a very welcome liveliness and
debate."
Anthony Hecht
"Hellas is full of vigor, sass and interest. It is well-
launched and praiseworthy."
Richard Wilbur
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Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 18:40:35 -0400
Reply-To: "Society for Literature and Science - philos.,
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Sender: "Society for Literature and Science - philos.,
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From: harnett@DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Subject: Hellas Submissions
HELLAS
Call for Submissions
HELLAS, A Journal of Poetry and the Humanities, is a
literary and scholarly semiannual devoted to a
rationalist reform of the arts. Of the 160 pages of each
issue, 40 are devoted to poetry, especially metrical,
that avoids prosaism and meaninglessness. The remainder
is devoted to prose of different kinds, including not
only serious scholarship, but a sprinkling of learned
entertainement.
Some general remarks on submissions:
1) Every submission must be accompanied by a stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
2) It is advisable to query first by email or regular
mail with an abstract and a copy of the essay's first
page.
3) Footnotes should follow Chicago style.
4) Submissions MUST appeal to the non-specialist.
Please note that, although the "maximum length" of each
section may occasionally be exceeded, brevity will aid a
submission's chances of acceptance.
Queries and abstracts, but not essays or poems, may be
emailed directly to the address of Gerald Harnett, the
editor-in-chief:
HARNETT@ALUMNI.UPENN.EDU
ESSAYS
Finely written and rigorously coherent studies of modern
poetry, Renaissance literature and ancient literature.
One essay in each of these three areas, and another in
philosophy, is used in each issue. Essays in other areas,
such as medieval or Enlightenment literature, are also
occasionally taken. Especially sought are studies of
classicism, neoclassicism and the relations between
ancient and modern literatures. Include SASE. Maximum
length: 10,000 words.
HISTORY
Hellas would like to publish essays in ancient, medieval
and Renaissance history, preferably with some pertinence
to literary studies, of interest to the general reader.
These may be amusing or casual, but MUST be readable.
Maximum length: 10,000 words.
ARS POETICA
Essays on technical matters such as meter, poetic diction
and trope. Maximum length: 5,000 words.
DIVERTIMENTI
Amusing essays on literary subjects. Maximum length:
3,000 words.
FORUM
Opinion on issues stirring the world of arts and letters.
Maximum length: 3000 words.
ULTIMA THULE
A forum wherein the enlightened opposition, such as there
is, may display higher nervous system functions and
vocalization skills. Essays may be submitted in earnest
or in jest. Maximum length: 5,000 words.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Renaissance Studies: William Kerrigan and Gordon Braden
Classical Studies: Barry Baldwin
Modern Poetry Studies: Christopher Clausen
Philosophy: John Ellis and Eva Brann
Ars Poetica: David Rothman
Forum: Joseph Aimone
Poetry: Gerald Harnett
Advisory Board: Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht, X.J.
Kennedy, Molly Peacock
Editor-in-chief: Gerald Harnett
HELLAS is published by the Aldine Press, Ltd., a
nonprofit corporation. Contributions in cash or kind are
tax-deductible.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: 1 yr.: $14. 2 yrs.: $24. Foreign
subscriptions: $4 extra per year. Issued semiannually.
ISSN 1044-5331. Send payment with subscription order to:
HELLAS 304 South Tyson Avenue, Glenside, PA 19038
About HELLAS
Honored by the Conference of Editors of Learned Journals
in 1991 with a Best New Journal award, Hellas is a
unique, Miltonic wedding of paideia and poiesis,
instruction and delight, engaging scholarship and
original poetry. Hellas and its remarkable new generation
of poets critics and theorists have yoked the energy of
the contemporary imagination to the verbal elegance,
moral seriousnessness and good order of neoclassical
tradition.
"Hellas is a most worthy journal, and I recommend it
highly."
Paul Kristeller
"Hellas is beautiful, strong and original. Congratulations!"
Fred Turner
"I have been reading through Hellas with interest,
amusement and old-fashioned pleasure. Provocative and
innovative, Hellas offers a very welcome liveliness and
debate."
Anthony Hecht
"Hellas is full of vigor, sass and interest. It is well-
launched and praiseworthy."
Richard Wilbur
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Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 20:41:45 -0400
Reply-To: "Society for Literature and Science - philos.,
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From: Richard Seltzer
Subject: Internet-on-a-Disk #10
INTERNET-ON-A-DISK #10, March-April 1995
Newsletter of public domain and freely available electronic texts
Circulation: direct = 6,000, indirect (estimated) = 100,000+
This newsletter is free for the asking. To be added to the
distribution
list or for back issues, please send requests to samizdat@tiac.net
(please note new address).
Permission is granted to freely distribute this newsletter in
electronic
form. All other rights reserved. (Parts of this will soon be collected
in
a book -- I-Time: The Internet Era by Richard Seltzer).
We plan to produce new issues about once a month (with time off for
vacation). We welcome submissions of articles and information
relating to availability of electronic texts on the Internet and their
use
in education.
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WHAT'S NEW
(texts recently made available by ftp, gopher, www, and LISTSERV)
from the B&R Samizdat Express
http://www.tiac.net/users/samizdat
We now have our own Web site (courtesy of The Internet Access
Company/TIAC). For the moment we're limited to 100 Kbytes of
space, but we provide the latest issue of Internet-on-a-Disk with
hypertext links to the sites referenced, our catalog of etexts on disk
(organized by category and including some texts that aren't yet
available on the Internet), and pointers to the best sources of
electronic texts on the Internet.
from the Gutenberg Project --
ftp mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/etext/etext95
http://jg.cso.uiuc.edu/pg_home.html
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (lmiss10.txt)
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (rubai10.txt)
U.S. Congressional Address Book, 1995 (uscon95.txt)
French Cave Paintings (cavep.eng and cavep10.zip)
The Forged Coupon and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy (forgd09.txt)
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (first 100 pages = wbstr11a.zip,
second 100 pages = wbstr11b.zip) -- this is an enormous undertaking.
They are just getting started. And this is in addition to their
encyclopedia project.
from Project Libellus
ftp.u.washington.edu
http://osman.classics.washington.edu/libellus/libellus.html
Check out their new Web site.
from Data Text Processing Ltd.
http://www.dircon.co.uk/datatext/index.html
The following texts are all in html (the hypertext markup language used
on the Web.)
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
Joseph Conrad -- The Secret Agent
Susan Coolidge -- What Katy Did Next
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
James Joyce -- Dubliner, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses
D.H. Lawrence -- Lady Chatterly's Lover
from Project Bartleby at Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/~svl2/
The following texts are all in html (the hypertext markeup language
used
on the Web)
Chapman's translation of the Odyssey (first half)
Inaugural Addresses of US Presidents
John Keats' Poetical Works
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Shelley's Poetical Works (under construction)
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1901 edition)
Oscar Wilde's Poems
Wordworth's Complete Poetical Works
from the University of Pennsylvania, English Department
gopher gopher.english.upenn.edu, electronic texts, PEAL
Samuel Johnson -- Vanity of Human Wishes, Rasselas, Idler #60, #61
Peraldus -- Summa de vitiis (13th century, Latin)
Alexander Pope -- Essay on Criticism, Essay on Man, Moral Essay II,
Rape of the Lock
Mary Darby Robinson -- poems
Jonathan Swift -- essays and poems
Jane Taylor -- poems
from La Bibliotheque d'ABU
http://web.cnam.fr/ABU/
A wide variety of classic etexts in French, including:
Th. Moreux, La vie sur Mars
Plutarque, Des opinions des philosophes
Jules Verne, De la terre a la lune, Les forceur de blocus
Rene Descartes, Discours de la Methode
Fontenelle, Entretiens sur la pluralite des mondes habitis
Chanson de Roland
Moliere, Dom Juan, L'avare, Les fourberies de Scapin, Tartuffe
Racine, Athalie
Blaise Pascal, La machine d'arithmetique
J.J. Rousseau, Les reveries du promeneur solitaire
Stendhal, Chroniques Italieenes -- Les Cenci, La duchesse de Palliano
Benjaman Constant, Adolphe
Balzac, Le Colonel Chabert
Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla, Pierre et Jean
Gustave Flaubert, Un coeur simple
Voltaire, Micromegas
from the United Nations
http://www.undp.org/
Resolutions of the 49th Session of the General Assembly (found
under General Assembly Documents)
Jan.-March 1995 Resolutions of the Security Council
Also, buried in General Assembly Documents, you'll find a book-length
text "Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
Against Women."
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.omri.cz/OMRI.html
or listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
The Daily Digest and other materials from RFE/RL provide detailed,
up-to-date information on developments in the former Soviet Union,
as well as East-Central and Southeastern Europe. Their back issues
are a valuable historical resource.
From the Online World
http://login.eunet.no/~presno/index.html
This handbook of on-line resources focuses on sites outside the US.
http://login.eunet.no/~presno/monitor.html
This bi-monthly newsletter focuses on changes in the on-line world,
trends and developments around the world.
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SUGGESTION -- PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
While very few K-12 schools have good Internet connections, nearly all
have PCs or Macintoshes. And one of the best ways to introduce them
to the treasures of the Internet is by providing them with electronic
texts
on disks. (That's a lot easier and cheaper than giving them
printouts.)
For those who do not have the capability or the time to retrieve
electronic texts from the Internet, many are available at a nominal
price
from PLEASE COPY THIS DISK, a project of The B&R Samizdat
Express. For further information, send email to
samizdat@tiac.net or check our Web site
http://www.tiac.net/users/samizdat
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GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE
from U.S. Dept. of Commerce
http://www.ntia.doc.gov, check What's New
gopher.ntia.doc.gov (login as gopher)
ftp.ntia.doc.gov (login as anonymous)
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced $65 million funds
available to increase the use of the Internet by school districts,
libraries,
community groups, universities, state and local governments, public
safety providers, and non-profit organizations. For details check the
above sites, or send email to tiiap@ntia.doc.gov
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WEB NOTES
From Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/
Please note the new address for Yahoo. This is probably the best
starting point for Internet exploration today. It's run by a couple of
students at Stanford, who are now getting their equipment and network
connection from Netscape Communications.
From the Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Maintained by D.K. Brown at the University of Calgary, this site
provides an enormously rich array of material related to children's
literature. If you are interested in that subject, this is the place
to
start.
From The Smithsonian Institute (SI)
http://www.si.edu
This home page provides access to the following related resources:
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
SI Laboratory of Molecular Systematics
SI Museum Support Center
National Air and Space Museum
National Museum of American Art
National Museum of the American Indian
Natural History
Office of Fellowships and Grants
SI Education Server (for teachers and students)
SI Photo Server
SI Research Information Systems
From James Joyce in Cyberspace
http://astro.ocis.temple.edu/~callahan/joyce.html
Info on James Joyce and his works and pointers to many related
resources. (Concevied and maintained by R.L. Callahan of Temple
University)
From the Mark Twain Library
http://hydor.colorado.edu/twain
This sire is a "labor-of-love" project to collect and provide
the works
of Mark Twain. Lots of good pointers to related resources
From Hillside Elementary in Minnesota
http://hillside.coled.umn.edu/others.html
They celebrated their first anniversay on March 12, and have added
more material. Check it out.
From Mark Lottor of Network Wizards
ftp.nw.com
http://www.nw.com
Data on the size and growth of the Internet, based on results collected
in late Jan. 1995.
ftp://ftp.isoc.org/isoc/charts/hosts3.ppt
Powerpoint graphs of host growth, based on the above data and
prepared by the Internet Society.
From Proyecto Cervantes
http://158.122.3.3/servicio.html
Sergio Pou (sergio@influx.mxl.cetys.mx) is asking for
help/collaboration
in his effort to make Cervantes texts available on the Internet.
From the Amistad Research Center
http://www.arc.tulane.edu
gopher gopher.tulane.edu
Hosted at Tulane, this research center collects and preserves
manuscripts related to the history and culture of African-Americans
and other ethnic minorities. Major headings at this new (under
construction) Web site include: Manuscript Collections, African-
American Art Collections, African Art, Media, African-American
Historical Exhibits, Library/Periodicals, and Tours, Vists and Museum
Shop.
From the Tarlton Law School at the U. of Texas
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu
This site provides links to law-related resources around the world.
Apparently, it also plans to include the text of a variety of law
journals.
From Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
http://www.mciu.k12.pa.us
More news from this project to provide Internet access for teachers in
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. "We have 1400 accounts since
Sept. We had to cut a typical modem session at 1 hour due to the
traffic We currently have 16 lines coming in and they are heavily used
after 3 PM into the evening. During the school day, we see 6-8 people
on at a time. We are setting up "direct connections to districts
this
spring. We have 21 school districts in our region."
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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO COME
From the Latin American Institute at the U. of New Mexico
The Latin American Data Base is gathering information on
Latin American curriculum materials for grades 6-12. This
information will be made available for free to Internet users.
They are asking for help in gathering materials. Send email to
retanet@ladb.unm.edu for details
From NASA
To allow students a glimpse into the real world of modern
research, NASA will make two research projects availble on-line
from April through May. Both projects will provide frequent
updates about day-to-day activities as well as extensive
background information, available by Web and Gopher.
o TOPEX/Poseidon is a cooperative project between the U.S.
and France to develop and operate an advanced satellite system
dedicated to observing the Earth's oceans.
o In the F-18 SRA project, a group of engineers, test pilots and
flight crew members will hare their experiences in advancing
the state-of-the-art in aeronautics.
To stay informed, send email to listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov
and in the message body, write one or both of the following lines:
subscribe updates-tpo
subscribe updates-sra
**********************************CURIOUS TECHNOLOGY
Internet Phone for Windows PCs --
http://www.vocaltec.com/
As noted in an earlier issue, this software (from VocalTec Inc. in
Israel)
lets you make live voice phone calls from your PC over the Internet.
You need a sound card, speakers, and a microphone. If the person
you want to talk to has the same software, you avoid paying long-
distance charges.
I recently installed it myself. You can download the trial software
from their Web site. If you like it in evaluation mode (limited to one
minute of conversation), you can pay for a license that unlocks it
for unlimited use. (I did so almost immediately -- this was the first
time I bought anything by credit card over the Internet).
When you start, you connect to one of several servers that are
set up like IRC chat. That means you can readily find other people
who want to talk. I had my first chats with people in
England and in Montreal. It has the feel of ham radio, only far
simpler. It's easy to imagine how this could be used to connect
classrooms in different countries for social studies or foreign
language practice. If you have tried out educational uses of this
kind,
please send us a brief description of what works well and why, and
pitfalls to avoid (email to samizdat@tiac.net) so we can spread the
word.
For info on the product itself, send email to info @vocaltec.com
NetPhone for Macintosh (from Electric Magic Company)
http://www.emagic.com/
From the description on the Web, this sounds like a Macintosh
version of the Internet Phone. (I don't have a Macintosh, so I
haven't been able to check it out.)
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THE ASSOCIATIVE POWER --
THIS AIN'T KANSAS, MR. BROADCASTER
by Richard Seltzer, B&R Samizdat Express
A few years ago, the Internet was like the Rainman -- an autistic
idiot-savant. It contained an incredible wealth of facts in its global
"brain," but there was no built-in way to associate one
piece of information with another or to find what you wanted when
you wanted it.
With the coming of gopher and then the World Wide Web, one
site or document could link to another site or document. This
added a whole new power of association -- so long as the people
who ran the various sites knew about related material elsewhere
and went to the trouble to insert pointers. In cases, where
a community of scholars made full use of this capability, it was
possible to follow your threads of thought from one document
to another, taking advantage of these previously planted
associations.
It was that stage of technology that gave rise to the concept of
electronic "malls." The manager of a Web site could help
guide the
interests of the user by constructing sets of menus. The cyber
visitor would come looking for one kind of information and see
offerings of commercial enterprises listed in the same menu.
This was association by proximity. And retailers hoped to attract
on-line customers based on old mall-type business models. Indeed,
a year ago, O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator or GNN
(http://www.ora.com) was probably the best starting point on the Web.
Today we see search tools adding to the associative power of the
Internet. Today Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) is probably the best
starting point -- with nowhere near as much work involved as a site
like
GNN. The concept was simple -- let people who run Web sites submit
information about their pages; keep it all in a database; and use
readily
available search tools to let people find what they want. The students
at Stanford who created and run that site also offer a hierarchy of
menus as an added help.
Meanwhile, the Britannica On-Line project (http://www.eb.com/eb.htm)
uses a search mechanism (WAIS) to make its full content readily
accessible. It also is designed so the reader can click on any word
in an article and immediately get the dictionary definition of that
word.
And now a company called Infoseek has added a new dimension.
(http://www.infoseek.com:80/Home). They index World Wide Web
pages, usenet newsgroups (over 10,000 of them), the full text of
over 50 computer newspapers and magazines, and the major news
services (Reuters, Associated Press, Businesswire, PR Newswire, and
the Newsbytes News Network). In response to your queries, you
get a hypertext list of article titles. When you click on the one you
want,
you get the full text right away. Unlike Yahoo, you have to pay for
this
service. But if it saves you time, or you find an important item that
otherwise you wouldn't know about, it's well worth the money.
(In an ideal world, all information would be available on-line and
free;
and we would, as in this case, pay to get less -- to get exactly what
we
want when we want it.)
We expect to see even more powerful tools that will help novice users
quickly find the Web site or the particular piece of information they
need, without the need for an orderly superstructure, such as a mall
or a television-style network. Such tools will be able to interpret
content, to highlight main points, to do some basic language
translation, and to automatically generate summaries to help us
cope with the huge amounts of information available. Instead of
picking the right on-ramp with the right selection of menu choices as
signs to guide you, you'll use search and directory tools. And as a
next step, based on such tools, it will be possible to have your own
individual home page generated for you on the fly, tailored to a
profile
of your interests.
So we see the Internet rapidly developing associative powers that
make metaphors from the traditional world of business seem
irrelevant.
With these tools, users are actively in control -- seeking what they
want and getting it without intermediaries. The Internet increasingly
becomes an extension of your own mind, building on your natural
powers of association. In this kind of environment, location -- in
time
or space -- means nothing. Here the user is creator, not consumer.
Today, attracted by the media hype which they themselves help to
spread, mega-infotainment companies are anxious to move into
the Internet and "own" it. Such companies presume that
because of
the compelling content that they already own, they have a natural
advantage here. They anxiously anticipate ever greater video
capability. They expect that the business models that helped
them dominate elsewhere will succeed here as well.
Some have already begun to mimic their print publications on
the Web, and others are looking at the Internet as just another
broadcast medium -- another way to deliver the same content
to the same passive audience. Of course, they'll add some
"interactive" elements as an enticement, but basically they
still think that this is Kansas. They haven't woken up to the
fact that they are entering Oz.
Will they win? Anything is possible. But the Internet is the
natural home of the small and nimble, who feed on dinosaur eggs.
That's the favorite breakfast food in Oz.
PS -- Censorship, as an abridgement of freedom of expression,
is marginally acceptable in a broadcast medium, where the
choices of a few producers are imposed on many consumers.
In that case, censorship can be seen as protecting the rights
of consumers, so long as it actually reflects their desires.
But in a medium where the individual has total control, and makes
individualized choices among millions of files, and where anyone
can be a creator/producer, censorship makes no sense at all. When
the Internet becomes an extension of my mind, censoring the
Internet is like trying to censor my thoughts. And no government
should ever get into that business.
In other words, the same misunderstanding that is leading
mega-media companies to rush into the Internet business is
leading government to try to control Internet content.
When will they realize that this isn't Kansas?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
INTERNET AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT (Internet-on-a-Disk #9)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 10:29:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Ed Langthorn
While I disagree that all human beings will show their "bad
side" if given a
chance (Mandela and Ghandi never sought revenge though they controlled
large masses of people) I do believe the Internet will be a great
resource for the positive advancement of mankind.
"The world is one country and mankind its citizens" said
Baha'u'llah, the
Prophet-Founder of the Baha'i Faith. This is truer today than ever
before,
thanks in part to the instant global communications made possible by
the
Internet. The trick here is to make access available to all. By
Internet
exposure to other cultures we will see that unity in diversity is far
more desirable than fragmentation and separation
As we watch the decline of the institutions upon which we have relied
for so many years, it becomes apparent that we must rely instead on
each
other. To do so we must communicate. The Internet provides a fast,
cheap and efficient method.
Universal education will help lift masses of humanity from utter
poverty
to productive rewarding lives. The Internet is the educational tool of
the
future. Separate teachers and classrooms will be replaced by central
classes and courses with worldwide Internet students.
As the new society grows and the old one crumbles, we will emerge
united
to create a new world based on cooperation, rather then self-interest.
It is
coming and the Internet is paving the way.
Regards,
Ed Langthorn
THE WEB & ACCESS FOR THE BLIND -- QUESTION
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 13:35:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Lynn Zelvin
I would like to get onto your electronic distribution list for your
catalog and newsletter.
I would also like to ask you a question regarding the "World Wide
Web"
In your newsletter, you refer to this as the begining of unrestricted
for
all, or are warning of the dangers of separate organizations becoming
proprietary regarding text that should be freely available. I am sorry
if
I am a little confused. What I understand is that the "Web"
is basically
adding a graphic and more powerful overlay to text information to link
it
together and make more easy to "point and click".
I am a computer user who is partially blind and uses a synthesizer to
access the computer. For a long time the world of GUI's has loomed
large
for those of us using speech or braile to access computers because they
were not accessible. Nibbles into that problem are being made. It is
far
from being solved and a lot of the technology is getting away from us.
While once the computer was beconing a leveler between and sighted it
is
now becoming an obstacle.
This is where my question lies. I have thought of the Internet as a
potential source of unrestricted access to the world of information
that
that has been unavailable to me. However, if accessing that material
and
the internet in general is going graphic, it feels like another door
slamming. You have spoken about the glory of having this space free
from
any sort of regulation, but is there any way that those of us who have
the least access to the free flow of ideas, information, knowledge
won't
become second class citizens in electronic space unless there is some
sort of regulation that mandates people be considerate and write
interfaces that can also be accessed through text-based systems or that
are written in such a way as to be accessible through the programs that
are attempting to provide access to systems like Windows?
As it is now, speech access adds a substantial amount to the cost of
using a computer and braille adds a lot more. The cost is highest if
you
want a synthesizer that is pleassant sounding enough to make it
palatable
enough to use for reading a whole book. Every new thing we must access
adds another expense. For instance, since I now use DOS and have a
need to use Windows, I will need to spend another $500-$700 in order
to
buy a program that will give me mediocre access to windows. Using
Windows will not simplify computing for me, as it is designed to do for
the
sighted user, but make it more complicated. Will this "Web"
mandate
another such expense for every graphic program written by every
separate
individual? Of course you can't answer this question.
Maybe, just be aware that freedom of speech and press and information
are
not available to all of us. Or, in other words, some of us are not as
equal as others. And money is not the only line that divides people who
have those rights from those of us who don't.
Thanks
Lynn Zelvin, Philadelphia, PA
RESPONSE
I doubt that the problem of access can be solved by mandate, because
any such regulation would simply stifle technological development,
which by nature is headed in the direction of ever more glitzy graphic
and video effects. When it comes to 3D presentation of images and
virtual reality -- at every stage of development -- the issue of
access
will rise again. Only after products have become successful in the
mass market will there be an effort to provide some
"equivalent" form
of the information or experience for the blind. It's natural -- only
with
huge commercial success will the developers be able to afford the
luxury
of considering the needs of the handicapped. (As noted in our last
issue, Microsoft is finally doing that now for Windows.)
I believe that we should put the emphasis on encouraging the
entrepreneurs who actually use this technology on their Web sites
to continue to make plain-text versions of their material available
when they upgrade to the latest and greatest graphical presentation
method. Many sites already provide a choice of graphics or text-only
on the first screen. And many design their pages with the
understanding that users may be connecting with LYNX, a
character-cell browser (see issue #6). We need to encourage more
sites to do that now,and all sites to continue that practice as
graphical
technology advances.
Use the power of the marketplace. It's in the best interest of Web
sites to provide choice. Otherwise they lock out not just the blind,
but also the millions of folks who have slow connections or
older equipment and software or for other reasons can't download
graphics or or video or don't want to. When a site ignores that need,
simply send them email and encourage others to send them email.
Simply remind them that they should provide low-tech
plain-text versions of whatever they do, in addition to the latest
and greatest graphical technology.
Richard Seltzer, B&R Samizdat Express
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Back issues are also found at the archives of the Electronic Frontier
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ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/E-journals/Internet_on-a_Disk/
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They are also found at such sites as:
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And also at the GRIST On-Line BBS at (212)787-6562.
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You are welcome to include this publication on your bbs or ftp or
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Subject: 1995 Nanotechnology Conference
Please post and forward as appropriate:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Fourth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
SUMMARY: The conference will be held November 9-11, 1995, in Palo Alto.
It is a
multidisciplinary meeting on molecular nanotechnology, that is,
thorough
three-dimensional structural control of materials and devices at the
molecular
level. Attendees will include chemists, materials scientists,
physicists,
engineers, and computer scientists interested in learning about the
field and
participating in its development. For further information, contact
foresight@cup.portal.com, or see the Web page
ftp://ftp.parc.xerox.com/pub/nano/nano4.html.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Fourth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
November 9-11, 1995
Palo Alto, California
Sponsor: Foresight Institute
Cosponsors: Caltech Materials and Process Simulation Center
USC Molecular Robotics Lab
Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
This conference is a meeting of scientists and technologists working in
fields
leading toward molecular nanotechnology: thorough three-dimensional
structural
control of materials and devices at the molecular level. The conference
will
cover topics relevant to the pursuit of molecular control, drawing from
fields
such as:
supramolecular chemistry and self assembly
proximal probes (e.g. STM, AFM)
biochemistry and protein engineering
computational chemistry and molecular modeling
computer science (e.g. computational models, system design issues)
natural molecular machines (e.g. flagellar motor, ribosome)
materials science
mechanical engineering (CAD) and robotics
many others
Developments in these fields are converging, opening opportunities for
fruitful
collaboration in developing new instruments, devices, and capabilities.
Topics and invited speakers include:
Donald Brenner, N. Carolina State Univ.
Simulated Engineering of Nanostructures
Richard Colton, NRL
Tip Surface Interactions
Eric Drexler, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
Directions in Nanotechnology
William A. Goddard III, Caltech
Computational Chemistry and Nanotechnology
Tracy Handel, UC Berkeley
Protein Design
Adm. David Jeremiah, USN (Ret.), Technology Strategies
and Alliances, (Topic to be announced)
Ralph Merkle, Xerox PARC
Design Considerations for an Assembler
Charles Musgrave, MIT
Chemical Synthesis of Nanomachinery
Aristides Requicha, USC
Molecular Robotics
Richard Smalley, Rice University
Nanotechnology at Rice
Fraser J. Stoddard, University of Birmingham
The Art and Science of Self-assembling Molecular Machines
FEYNMAN PRIZE
The 1995 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (and accompanying $10,000
award)
will be presented at the meeting to the researcher whose recent work
has
most advanced the development of molecular nanotechnology. Nomination
information is available from the Foresight Institute, or see on the
Web
ftp://ftp.parc.xerox.com/pub/nano/feynmanPrize.html
DEMONSTRATIONS
Leading vendors will demonstrate products useful in the pursuit of
molecular
control, including molecular modeling software and hardware, and
proximal probe
systems (e.g. STM).
CALL FOR PAPERS
Contributions on relevant topics are solicited for presentation in
lecture or
poster format. Potential contributors are asked to submit an abstract
(200-400
words), including names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers of the
author(s),
email address, and an indication of whether oral or poster presentation
is
preferred. Papers of both kinds will be reviewed for publication.
Authors will
be encouraged to make their papers available electronically, and
accepted
preprints will be published on the Web. In choosing papers, priority
will
be given to (1) cogent descriptions of the state of the art in
techniques
relevant to the construction of complex molecular systems, (2)
well-grounded proposals for multidisciplinary efforts which, if funded
and
pursued, could substantially advance the state of the art, and (3)
reports
of recent relevant research.
JOURNAL & BOOK PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings of the conference will be refereed and published in a
special
issue of the international journal Nanotechnology and later in book
form.
Abstracts due June 30, 1995
Notification of acceptance August 1, 1995
Manuscripts due October 15, 1995
Abstracts should be directed to the Foresight Institute, Box 61058, Palo
Alto,
CA 94306, USA; fax 415-324-2497; email foresight@cup.portal.com.
SITE AND ACCOMMODATIONS
Conference sessions will be held at the Hyatt Hotel in Palo Alto.
Accommodation
arrangements should be made directly with the hotel. Reservations should
be
made by October 23; when making reservations, mention that you are
attending
the "Foresight Nanotechnology Conference" to obtain the lower
conference room
rate. Deposits in the amount of the first night's stay plus tax are
required to
guarantee reservations; these are refundable up to 6 PM on the date of
arrival.
Room rate: $93, single or double occupancy, plus 10% local tax.
Hyatt Hotel
4219 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 493-8000 tel
(415) 858-1151 fax
TRANSPORTATION
The conference site is easily reached from San Francisco International
Airport
and San Jose International Airport. Information on ground
transportation
services will be mailed to registrants.
REGISTRATION FORM
(please print and mail or fax)
Name:
Title: Dr. Prof. Ms. Mr.
Address:
Tel.:
Fax:
Email:
Position (programmer, professor, director, etc.):
Organizational affiliation (for your badge):
How did you hear about this conference:
The registration fee includes the scientific program, Wednesday evening
reception, Thursday and Friday luncheons, and a copy of the
proceedings journal issue. (Student and one-day rates do not include
proceedings.) Amounts over $100 are tax-deductible as a charitable
contribution.
postmarked: by Sept. 1 after Sept. 1
Regular $350 $400
Academic, nonprofit,
governmental $275 $325
Student $100 $125
One day (specify day) $135 $160
Amount enclosed: $
Payment may be made by VISA, MasterCard, check, or international money
order valid in the U.S. Make checks payable to "Foresight
Conferences";
checks and bank drafts must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank.
Refunds of registration fees can only be made on receipt of a written
request which must be postmarked no later than September 15, and are
subject to a $50 administrative fee. Credit card registrations may be
faxed.
Card #:
Exp. date:
Signature (required for credit card registrations):
Mail or fax registration to:
Foresight Institute
Box 61058, Palo Alto CA 94306 USA
Tel. 415-324-2490 Fax 415-324-2497
Internet: foresight@cup.portal.com
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From: Charles Bazerman
Subject: Conference on "Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Views After
Fifty Years"
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at the University of
California,
Santa Barbara and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation are sponsoring a
one-
day conference, "Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Views After Fifty
Years," on
Saturday, May 13, 1995 at UCSB. This interdisciplinary event will
feature films, performances, and lectures by well-known Japanese and
American writers and artists who hold different perspectives on the
bombings and their meaning for humanity. To receive a poster
announcing
the event and additional information, contact parker@humanitas.ucsb.edu
or
call (805) 893-7660.
Leonard Wallock, Associate Director
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center,
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 20:35:56 -0600
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Call for Papers "Texts and Images" A Graduate Student
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October 6 & 7, 1995 at the University of Houston-Clear Lake
By providing a forum for the scholarly exchange of ideas, this confer=
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but not limited to, the following topics:
=B7 Critical Theory=09=09=09=09=B7 Transdisciplinary Humanities
=B7 Cultural & Ethnic Studies=09=09=09=B7 Writing in the 21st
Century
=B7 Gender Studies: Beyond Polarity=09=09=B7 Eco-Philosophy=09=09
=B7 History and the Humanities
=B7 The Future of Multimedia in the Humanities=09=B7 Linguistics
=B7 Static Art in a Kinetic Society
Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes in length, and papers shou=
ld be no=20
longer than 10 pages. Abstracts and panel proposals should be of ori=
ginal work=20
not presented elsewhere.
For artwork, include list of works to present and andy brochures or r=
eviews of=20
works. Do not send original artwork, slides, or videos with the abst=
ract.
Send: =20
Three (3) copies of 150-200 word abstracts or panel proposals by Apri=
l 30,=20
1995. Be sure your name does not appear on the abstract. Include a =
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university affiliation, and abstract title.
Mail to: Texts and Images Graduate Student Conference
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From: Charles Bazerman
Subject: Discourse of Science CFP
COMMUNICATION IN THE PROFESSIONS
Convener: Britt-Louise Gunnarsson
Co-conveners: Charles Bazerman and Ruth Wodak
__________________________________________________________
Call for papers
Symposium
on
Diversity and Complexity in Professional Discourse
at AILA 96
Jyv=E4skyl=E4, Finland, 4-9 August, 1996
This symposium which will be organized as part of AILA 96, the=20
11th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, will address issues=20
related to:
- heterogeneity in the construction of discourse systems,=20
=09e.g. the use of legal discourse in medical settings
- interplay between spoken and written discourse
- interplay between the verbal and the non-verbal in discourse
- interplay between different discourse levels, e.g. global=20
=09structure of the text versus inherent text features
Those interested in taking part actively in the symposium=20
should send in an abstract, maximum one page, double-spaced,=20
before May 31, 1995 to Britt-Louise Gunnarsson, FUMS, Box 1834,=20
751 48 Uppsala, fax: 018-18 12 93, E-mail: Britt-
Louise.Gunnarsson@nordiska.uu.se.=20
The organizers will inform you of their decision by end of July.
Britt-Louise Gunnarsson, Charles Bazerman, Ruth Wodak
