From thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu Wed Mar 29 23:17:21 EST 1995
Article: 5875 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Tom Hodges)
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Subject: 104th Congressional E-mail Addresses (fwd)
Date: 28 Mar 1995 01:20:33 -0000
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For those interested in contacting there US Govt. legislators about
anything, such as funding for agricultural research and the environment,
I saw this posted recently on another developmental email list.

Tom Hodges
Tom Hodges, Cropping Systems Modeler 
USDA-ARS                   email: thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu          
Rt. 2, Box 2953-A          voice: 509-786-9207
Prosser, WA 99350 USA      Fax:   509-786-9370 
==                  ## Rent this space ##                   ==
If this represents anything, it is only my opinion.



                       CONGRESSIONAL E-MAIL ADDRESSES
                               104th Congress
                                  1995/96


                            United States Senate

   gopher: ftp.senate.gov/port 70

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     ST  PT   Name                 E-Mail Address
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

     CA   D   Boxer, Barbara       senator@boxer.senate.gov
     CO   D   Brown, Hank          senator_brown@brown.senate.gov
     GA   R   Coverdell, Paul      senator_coverdell@coverdell.senate.gov
     IA   D   Harkin, Tom          tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov

     ID   R   Craig, Larry         larry_craig@craig.senate.gov
     ID   R   Kempthorne, Dirk     dirk_kempthorne@kempthorne.senate.gov

     IL   D   Simon, Paul          senator@simon.senate.gov
     KY   D   Ford, Wendell        wendell_ford@ford.senate.gov
     MA   D   Kennedy, Ted         senator@kennedy.senate.gov
            (www home page: http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/iiip/
                                 Kennedy/homepage.html)
     NM   D   Bingaman, Jeff       Senator_Bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
     OH   R   Dewine, Michael      senator_dewine@dewine.senate.gov

     SD   D   Daschle, Thomas      tom_daschle@daschle.senate.gov
               (www= ftp://www.senate.gov/member/sd/daschle/general/
                       daschle.html
     SD   R   Pressler, Larry      larry_pressler@pressler.senate.gov
     TN   R   Frist, Bill          senator_frist@frist.senate.gov
     TX   R   Hutchison, Kay       senator@hutchison.senate.gov

     VA   D   Robb, Charles        senator_robb@robb.senate.gov
                                    vascr@CapAccess.org
     VA   R   Warner, John         senator@warner.senate.gov

     VT   D   Leahy, Patrick       senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
                                    leahy@eff.org
     VT   R   Jeffords, Jim        vermont@jeffords.senate.gov

     WA   R   Gorton, Slade        Senator_Gorton@gorton.senate.gov
     WI   D   Feingold, Russell    russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------




                   United States House of Representatives


     http://www.house.gov
     http://thomas.loc.gov
     gopher: gopher.house.gov/port 70
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     ST  DS  PT  Name                  E-Mail Address
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     AR   4   R  Dickey, Jay           jdickey@hr.house.gov

     AZ   2   D  Pastor, Ed            edpastor@hr.house.gov

     CA   6   D  Woolsey, Lynn         woolsey@hr.house.gov
     CA   7   D  Miller, George        fgeorgem@hr.house.gov
     CA  12   D  Lantos, Tom           talk2tom@hr.house.gov
     CA  13   D  Stark, Pete           petemail@hr.house.gov
     CA  14   D  Eshoo, Anna           annagram@hr.house.gov
     CA  15   D  Mineta, Norman        tellnorm@hr.house.gov
     CA  36   D  Harman, Jane          jharman@hr.house.gov
     CA  37   D  Tucker, Walter        tucker96@hr.house.gov
     CA  48   R  Packard, Ron          rpackard@hr.house.gov

     CO   2   D  Skaggs, David         skaggs@hr.house.gov
     CO   6   R  Schaefer, Dan         schaefer@hr.house.gov

     CT   2   D  Gejdenson, Sam        bozrah@hr.house.gov
     CT   4   R  Shays, Christopher    cshays@hr.house.gov

     FL   6   R  Stearns, Cliff        cstearns@hr.house.gov
     FL  12   R  Canady, Charles       canady@hr.house.gov
     FL  20   D  Deutsch, Peter        pdeutsch@hr.house.gov
     FL  23   D  Hastings, Alcee       hastings@hr.house.gov

     GA   4   R  Linder, John          jlinder@hr.house.gov
     GA   6   R  Gingrich, Newton      georgia6@hr.house.gov

     IL  13   R  Fawell, Harris        hfawell@hr.house.gov
     IL  14   R  Hastert, Dennis       dhastert@hr.house.gov

     KY   3   D  Ward, Mike            mward2@hr.house.gov

     KS   1   R  Roberts, Pat          emailpat@hr.house.gov

     MD   3   D  Cardin, Ben           cardin@hr.house.gov

     MI   3   R  Ehlers, Vernon        congehlr@hr.house.gov
     MI   4   R  Camp, Dave            davecamp@hr.house.gov
     MI  14   D  Conyers, John         jconyers@hr.house.gov

     MN   1   R  Gutknect, Gil         gil@hr.house.gov
     MN   3   R  Ramstad, Jim          mn03@hr.house.gov
     MN   4   D  Vento, Bruce          vento@hr.house.gov

     NC   7   D  Rose, Charlie         crose@hr.house.gov
     NC  11   R  Taylor, Charles       chtaylor@hr.house.gov
     NC  12   D  Watt, Mel             melmail@hr.house.gov

     ND       D  Pomeroy, Earl         epomeroy@hr.house.gov

     NH   1   R  Zeliff, Bill          zeliff@hr.house.gov

     NJ   7   R  Franks, Bob           franksnj@hr.house.gov
     NJ  12   R  Zimmer, Dick          dzimmer@hr.house.gov

     NY   1   R  Forbes, Michael       mpforbes@hr.house.gov
     NY   2   R  Lazio, Rick           lazio@hr.house.gov
     NY   7   D  Manton, Thomas        tmanton@hr.house.gov
     NY  17   D  Engel, Eliot          engeline@hr.house.gov
     NY  23   R  Boehlert, Sherwood    boehlert@hr.house.gov
     NY  27   R  Paxon, Bill           bpaxon@hr.house.gov

     OH   2   R  Portman, Rob          portmail@hr.house.gov
     OH  10   R  Hoke, Martin          hokemail@hr.house.gov

     OK   5   R  Istook, Jr. Ernest    istook@hr.house.gov

     OR   1   D  Furse, Elizabeth      furseor1@hr.house.gov
     OR   4   D  DeFazio, Pete         pdefazio@hr.house.gov
          www site= http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/-pdefazio/index.html

     PA  16   R  Walker, Robert        pa16@hr.house.gov

     TX   2   D  Wilson, Charles       cwilson@hr.house.gov
     TX   3   R  Johnson, Sam          samtx03@hr.house.gov
     TX   6   R  Barton, Joe           barton06@hr.house.gov
     TX  10   D  Doggett, Lloyd        doggett@hr.house.gov

     UT   2   R  Waldholtz, Enid       enidutah@hr.house.gov

     VA   2   D  Pickett, Owen         opickett@hr.house.gov
     VA   6   R  Goodlatte, Bob        talk2bob@hr.house.gov
     VA   9   D  Boucher, Rick         ninthnet@hr.house.gov

     VT       I  Sanders, Bernie       bsanders@igc.apc.org

     WA   8   R  Dunn, Jennifer        dunn@hr.house.gov



                  U.S. House of Representatives Committees

   Economic and Educational Opportunities
     Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations
         slabmgnt@hr.house.gov

   Resources
         resource@hr.house.gov

   Science
         housesst@hr.house.gov


   The above information was compiled from the Senate and House Gophers
   as well as contributions from individual citizens.  It is updated on a
   continuous basis.  The most current version is available on the
   University of Michigan Library Gopher.  Gopher to the University of
   Michigan Library Gopher or telnet to una.hh.lib.umich.edu  Login as
   gopher.  Path: Social Sciences/Government/U.S. Government: Legislative
   Branch/E-Mail Addresses.

   Corrections/additions to grace.york@um.cc.umich.edu

--=--=====--=--=====--=--=====--=--=====--=--=====--=--=====--=--=====--=--
    Philip Trauring                philip@cs.brandeis.edu
    Brandeis University MB1001
    P.O. Box 9110                  "knowledge is my addiction,
    Waltham, Ma  02254-9110         information is my drug."
    (617) 736-5282 ['94/95]

   WWW home page: http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~philip/home.html


From rgum@ag.arizona.edu Wed Jan  4 20:35:35 EST 1995
Article: 2612 of sci.agriculture
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From: Russell Gum <rgum@ag.arizona.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
Subject: Farm Bill WWW Forum
Date: 4 Jan 1995 17:03:30 GMT
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The 1995 Farm Bill will have a major impact on the agricultural
sector, rueal areas, the environment, the food purchasing power
of low income people and the prices of agriculturlal commodities
in general. A series of background papers have been prepared by
an Extension task force and are available on the WWW thanks to the
Agricultural Economics Department at the University of Nebraska. 

In addition to providing background information relevant to the
1995 farm bill we think it useful for extension to sponser an
electronic forum on this important legislation. Therefore we have
set up a WWW forum on the 1995 farm bill. The basis of the forum
consists of the series of background papers. Comments and discussions
are solicited on each of these documents. In addition new topics and
background materials can be added by participants in this discussion.

This discussion requires a form compatable WWW browser.  The URL for
the forum is: http://ag.arizona.edu/HyperNews/get/farmbill.html


From benbrook@hillnet.comThu Feb 15 16:50:39 1996
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 12:32:46 -0500
From: Charles Benbrook <benbrook@hillnet.com>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Senate Passed Farmbill

The Senate passed farmbill, S. 1541, is now available from Thomas, the Lib.
of Congress WWW cite.  It is 215 pages, and takes about 5 minutes to
down-load on a 28,800 connection.  Get it through any web server linked to
gov't sites; go to Executive branch; to thomas; to --
  http://thomas.loc.gov/c104/s1541.es.txt

It is called "The Agricultural Reform and Improvement Act of 1996".
        
        Many people have asked for reviews/news through responses to my
farmbill web page.  Those of you who have been using it know I have been
unable to update it since late October.  Despite this, it had over 5,700
hits last week alone.  The page was an experiment, conducted from Feb. 1995
through end of OCt., and stands as a very complete record of farmbill
process during that period.  There is about 500 pages of material relevant
to the farmbill.  I did it to learn the web and as a public service in the
hopes some client/sponsor would step forward and provide some support for
it, or some rendition of it.  None have done so, so in the next month or so
I will probably take it off the Net.  If anyone wants to see it stay up, and
again become current with the sorts of posts you have grown accustomed to, I
would liek to hear any ideas how this service could be at least partially
paid for.
From seedman@datasync.com Sat Jan 27 23:44:42 EST 1996
Article: 105763 of rec.gardens
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From: seedman@datasync.com (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: NEW FTP SITE FOR SEED CATALOG
Date: 26 Jan 1996 02:09:39 GMT
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For Web browsers who have had problems viewing or downloading our 1996 
Exotic
Plant and Garden Seed Directory at our web site 
http://www.datasync.com./sbe
we now offer a ftp site for downloading our catalog and related 
information. The site is
located at ftp://ftp.datasync.com/pub/sbe/catalog.txt
If you have any problems downloading our catalog, or if you wish for us 
to e-mail you a
catalog, contact us at seedman@datasync.com



From diogene@qnet.com Mon May 22 11:32:51 EDT 1995
Article: 63 of alt.survival
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From: diogene@qnet.com ()
Newsgroups: alt.survival
Subject: Survival School in California
Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 15:53:37 GMT
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If you are looking for some wilderness survival training or just
information about survival, check out the Hoods Woods page. They are
starting to publish an electronic survival book. It will take awhile
before the entire thing is online but it makes a good read.

They have other survival related information on there as well. If you
have some specific questions they will write back with answers.

Enjoy!

Http://www.smartdocs.com:80/~diogenes/index.htm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Bug Eaters like the Hoods Woods Home Page: 
HTTP://WWW.Smartdocs.com:80/~diogenes/index.htm



From dreading@xmission.com Sat Jan 27 23:57:32 EST 1996
Article: 105817 of rec.gardens
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From: dreading@xmission.com (Duane Reading)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: My Garden Notebook
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 21:56:50 GMT
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Snowy day in Utah so I started to plan my garden.....got carried away
and made my notebook into a Web page.

Take a look and follow along with me as I plan and plant my  25' by
50' foot vegetable garden.

  http://www.xmission.com/~dreading/96g.html

Duane in Sandy UT



From camoock@artshh.uwaterloo.caSun Apr  9 23:40:40 1995
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 04:08:57 GMT
From: Colin Moock <camoock@artshh.uwaterloo.ca>
Reply to: camoock@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: rec.gardens, triangle.gardens
Subject: A Virtual Garden, Take II: http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca:80/~camoock

Someone kindly pointed out to me that the last address I
posted returned an error (no DNS entry found).  I forgot
that "arts" is an alias.

Try "http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca:80/~camoock"
That's my home page.  Choose "A Walk Through My Garden"
from there.

Sorry about the confusion!
Colin Moock


From camoock@artshh.uwaterloo.caSun Apr  9 23:41:19 1995
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 07:16:21 GMT
From: Colin Moock <camoock@artshh.uwaterloo.ca>
Reply to: camoock@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Virtual Garden at http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~camoock

Hi there.  I have a garden in Southern Ontario (climate 5 or 6
I think), and have photo documented its development since I
started it about 6 years ago.  I have placed a virtual walking
tour on my web site with scanned pictures.

The URL is http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~camoock
(my homepage...choose "A Walk Through My Garden")

The images may take a while to load if you are on 14400 or less.

From agpr@aol.com Sun Dec  4 17:02:47 EST 1994
Article: 2311 of sci.agriculture
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From: agpr@aol.com (AGPR)
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
Subject: Free Agricultural Software Directory & Newsletter
Date: 1 Dec 1994 10:10:24 -0500
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The Association of Agricultural Computing Companies (AACC) has a directory
of all members' software listed by type (farm accounting, dairy, swine,
beef, crops, etc.) with contact names, addresses & phone numbers. This
directory, along with a free software disk (LifeQuest) are available by
e-mailing:

AACC/LifeQuest Offer
AGPRbev@aol.com


From ag-pr@agpr.com Sat Feb 24 00:38:38 EST 1996
Article: 4820 of alt.agriculture.misc
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From: "Warren E. Clark" <ag-pr@agpr.com>
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture,alt.agriculture.misc,alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: Re: ag software
Date: 21 Feb 1996 23:11:20 GMT
Organization: Clark Consulting International, Inc.
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The Association of Agricultural Computing Companies (AACC) has a web site 
you may wish to check out at

http://asae.org/aacc/


The directory of members and the AACC Product & Services Guide are listed 
here.

You may get an auto-response e-mail copy of the most current Guide by 
sending a message to: aacc-guide@asae.org

If you would like to receive AACC news updates you may send a message to:
majordomo@asae.org
In the text of your message type:
subscribe aacc-news "Your Name"

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.

Best wishes,

Warren E. Clark
AACC Vice President
and
President
Clark Consulting International, Inc.
ag-pr@agpr.com
voice: +1-847-836-5100
"Gateway to AgInfo on the Internet" web site
http://www.agpr.com/consulting/



From ag-pr@agpr.com Tue Feb  6 21:34:40 EST 1996
Article: 24716 of misc.rural
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From: "Warren E. Clark" <ag-pr@agpr.com>
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Re: Newsgroups for Agriculture and Farming
Date: 4 Feb 1996 01:06:32 GMT
Organization: Clark Consulting International, Inc.
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"Ag Computing & Precision Farming" discussion group moderated by Assn. of 
Ag Computing Companies (AACC) members may be found at:

http://asae.org/aacc/

There's also

http://news:sci.agriculture

http://news:alt.agriculture.misc

http://news:alt.sustainable.agriculture

http://news:clari.biz.industry.agriculture


And, "The Gateway to AgInfo on the Internet" at

http://www.agpr.com/consulting/


Hope you find this of help... Good luck with your class. I was in vo ag 
and FFA at one time myself, too.

Regards,
Warren E. Clark
President
Clark Consulting International, Inc.














From WHITTINGTON.JIM@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV Tue Nov  2 16:53:54 1993
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1993 12:51:00 -0500
From: JIM WHITTINGTON 404-347-2316 <WHITTINGTON.JIM@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Reply to: Agriculture Discussion <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list AGRIC-L <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: EPA Information (long and readable)

          The following document is the Table of Contents from
          ACCESS EPA, a compilation of every identifiable information
          resource within the Environmental Protection Agency.  Included
          are publications, databases, libraries, dockets, hotlines,
          bulletin boards, records contacts,  and clearinghouses.  At the
          end of the Contents Section is information on how to get a copy
          of ACCESS EPA either as a publication or an electronic file via
          online access to an EPA computer.  Please distribute to other
          interested groups and individuals.  I apologize for any
          duplication and for the previous unreadable message.

          Jim Whittington
          EPA, Region IV
          WHITTINGTON.JIM@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV

          __________________

          CHAPTER 1: Public Information Tools

          Public Information Tools is arranged to enhance the reader's
          understanding of sources of environmental information. An
          overview of EPA, and its Regional and field structure is followed
          by five national sources for the distribution of EPA information:
          EPA's Public Information Center (PIC); the National Center for
          Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI); the Center
          for Environmental Research Information (CERI); the U.S.
          Government Printing Office (GPO); and the National Technical
          Information Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce.

          Public Information Tools also contains a range of items that are
          in themselves avenues to further information within EPA. These
          entries are useful  tools  for a wide audience that includes EPA
          staff, the general public, students, and members of the
          scientific community. Entries include documents and related
          information resources.

          CONTENTS
          SECTION 1: Background Information
          History
          Organizational Chart
          Organizational Structure
          Regional Offices
          Field Offices
          Regional Map
          Regional Contact Points

          SECTION 2: National Sources
          Public Information Center (PIC)
          National Center for Environmental Publications
               and Information (NCEPI)
          Center for Environmental Research Information (CERI)
          National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
          U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
          Federal Depository Library Program Regional Library List

          SECTION 3: Documents
          ACCESS EPA
          Agency Catalog of Data Policies and Standards
          Agency Operating Guidance
          Assistance Administration Manual
          A Catalogue of Hazardous and Solid Waste Publications
          Compendium of Superfund Program Publications
          Consumer Information Catalog
          Council on Environmental Quality Annual Report
          Directory of OAQPS Information Services
          Environmental Enforcement: A Citizen's Guide
          Environmental Information Management: A State Resource Guide EPA
          Budget Summary
          EPA Directives
          EPA Headquarters Telephone Directory
          EPA Historical Publications
          EPA Information Resources Management Policy Manual
          EPA Journal
          EPA Journal Holdings Report
          EPA Publications Bibliography
          EPA System Life Cycle Guidance Series
          EPA Research Program Guide FY-1993
          HELP! EPA Resources for Small Governments
          Index to EPA Test Methods
          INFOTERRA/USA Directory of Environmental Sources
          Office of Research and Development (ORD) Locator
          ORD Publication Announcement
          Risk Assessment, Management, Communication:
               A Guide to Selected Sources
          Risk Assessment Review
          Science Advisory Board (SAB) Reports
          Superfund Access Information Series
          Technical Assistance Directory
          Technical Information Packages (TIPs)
          Technology Transfer Newsletter
          Terms of Environment Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
          SECTION 4: General Resources
          Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
          EPADOC CD ROM
          EPA Test Methods
          Federal Technology Transfer Act
          Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
          Green Marketing
          Guide to National Environmental Statistics
          Health and Environmental Assessment Reports
          Legislation
          Tribal Information

          CHAPTER 2: Major EPA Dockets
          Major EPA Dockets contains information on the collections and
          services of the Agency's docket programs. It is designed as a
          guide for EPA staff, other government agencies and the public who
          require information about EPA rulemakings.
          Rulemaking, or regulation development as it is called in EPA, is
          defined as the agency process for formulating, amending, or
          repealing a rule. Rules establish the particular policies
          and procedures used in carrying out the statutory goals
          established by Congress.

          As part of the rulemaking process, the Agency is responsible for
          providing public access to information considered in developing
          rules and seeking public comments on new draft rules.

          A  rulemaking docket  is a collection of documents that is the
          basis for EPA rulemaking actions. Some statutes refer to a
          rulemaking record  or a  docket,  and others refer to the
           record.  Those same terms or  public docket  are often used to
          describe the collection of documents available to the public
          which reflect the Agency's consideration and promulgation
          of a rule.

          Miscellaneous Docket closed
          The Public Information Reference Unit (PIRU), formerly listed as
          an EPA docket, has closed. PIRU had maintained miscellaneous
          series of documents that are more conveniently made
          available with other documents on their subject. Documents
          formerly listed in PIRU have been transferred to appropriate
          programs.

          For information on documents formerly available through PIRU, or
          for general EPA docket information, contact the appropriate
          dockets. The Office of Information Resources Management, which
          had managed PIRU, continues to coordinate EPA dockets and provide
          Agency policy, guidance, and access information on dockets.
          Docket Duplication Fees
          In June 1988 a docket interim fee schedule draft policy was
          approved by the Office of General Counsel and the Office of
          Comptroller, Financial Management Division. Following
          are the fees set by the policy:

                   If 266 pages or less are copied: No charge.

                   If more than 266 pages are copied, an administrative
                        fee of $25.00 plus $0.15 for each page starting
          with                   page 267.

          Charges for photocopying are to be paid by check (personal or
          company) or by money order, made out to the U.S. Environmental
          Protection Agency.

          CONTENTS
          Air Docket
          Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket
          Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
          Docket (Pesticides Docket)
          Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket
               Information Center (RIC)
          Superfund Docket
          Superfund Regional Dockets
          Toxic Substances Docket
          Underground Storage Tank (UST) Docket
          Water Docket

          CHAPTER 3: Clearinghouses and Hotlines
          Many clearinghouses, hotlines, and electronic bulletin boards
          have been developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
          to respond to legislative initiatives requiring the Agency to
          provide outreach, communications and technology transfer.
          Clearinghouses facilitate the networking and exchange of critical
          information. Many clearinghouses use bulletin boards and hotlines
          to provide convenient access for remote users. Clearinghouses are
          also useful as a central access point for hard-to-locate
          technical reports and documents.

          With the exception of The National Response Center, all
          clearinghouses and hotlines listed in this chapter are maintained
          by EPA and its agents.

          CONTENTS

          AIR AND RADIATION
          Acid Rain Hotline
          Air Risk Information Support Center Hotline
          Control Technology Center
          Emission Factor Clearinghouse
          EPA Model Clearinghouse
          Green Lights Program
          Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse
          National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse
          National Radon Hotline
          Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
               Technology Transfer Network Bulletin Board System
          Reasonably Available Control Technology, Best Available Control
                   Technology, and Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
          Clearinghouse
          Stratospheric Ozone Information Hotline

          HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE
          Alternative Treatment Technology   Information Center
          Clean-Up Information Bulletin Board System
          Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information
          Hotline
          Hazardous Waste Ombudsman Program
          Methods Information Communications Exchange
          National Response Center
          Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Superfund/
               Underground Storage Tank Hotline
          Solid Waste Assistance Program

          INTERNATIONAL
          INFOTERRA

          PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
          Asbestos Ombudsman Clearinghouse/Hotline
          National Lead Information Center Hotline
          National Pesticide Information Retrieval System
          National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
          The 33/50 Program, Special Projects Office (SPO), Office of
          Pollution Prevention and Toxics
          Toxic Release Inventory User Support
          Toxic Substances Control Act Assistance Information Service
          POLLUTION PREVENTION
          International Cleaner Production Information Clearinghouse
          OzonAction
          Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
          Pollution Prevention Information Exchange System

          RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
          Office of Research and Development Electronic
               Bulletin Board System

          WATER
          Clean Lakes Clearinghouse
          National Small Flows Clearinghouse
          Nonpoint Source Information Exchange
          Office of Water Resource Center
          Safe Drinking Water Hotline
          Storm Water Hotline
          Wastewater Treatment Information Exchange
          Wetlands Protection Hotline

          CROSS-PROGRAM
          Environmental Equity Hotline
          Environmental Financing Information Network
          EPA Institute
          Geographic Information Systems Bulletin Board
          Inspector General Hotline
          Office of Public Liaison EPA Activities Update Hotline
          Risk Communication Hotline
          Small Business Ombudsman Clearinghouse/Hotline

          CHAPTER 4: Records Management Programs
          Records Management Programs is designed to allow EPA staff and
          the public to identify records management contacts in each
          facility or program, and to facilitate communications among
          records managers Agencywide. It contains information about the
          records management programs and the services they offer.

          Entries are arranged by EPA organizational structure.
          Headquarters records management programs are listed first,
          followed by the ten Regions in which the network is located.
          Additional records programs, including Laboratories and
          Superfund, are listed after the entry for their Regional records
          management program.

          The mission of the Agency's records management program is to
          provide records management leadership and expertise to all Agency
          programs. The main objectives of the Agency's records management
          program are to ensure access, to facilitate environmental
          decisionmaking, and to manage records in the most efficient and
          economical manner. These objectives are achieved through a
          comprehensive program of policy and guidance development,
          communication and outreach initiatives, education and training,
          and direct services to programs.

          The National Records Management Program at Headquarters provides
          the overall framework to accomplish the mission, issues
          Agencywide policy and guidance, and provides client and
          records network communication.

          Headquarters programs, Regions, and Laboratories designate
          Records Liaison Officers to implement records management programs
          and carry out records management responsibilities in their area.
          The "Agency Records Management Policy" (see Chapter 4,
          Supplementary Information) explains the Agency's records
          management structure and responsibilities and references the
          Federal legislation and supporting regulations which govern the
          records management programs of all Federal Agencies.

          Contents

          National Records Management Program
               Washington, DC
          Headquarters Records Management Program
               Washington, DC
          Principal Records Management Contacts for EPA Headquarters
          Offices
          Office of Inspector General, Office of Management, Resources
          Management Division
          Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE)
          Office of Research and Development, Records Management Program
          Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)
               Records Management Program
               Washington, DC
          Office of Water (OW) Records Management Program

          Regional Records Management Program (Region 1)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Remedial
               Records Management Program (Region 1)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Removal
               Records Management Program (Region 1)
          Environmental Research Laboratory/ORD (Narragansett),
               Records Management Program
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 2)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund
               Records Management Program (Region 2)

          Regional Records Management Program (Region 3)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Remedial
               Records Management Program (Region 3)
          Central Regional Laboratory (CRL)
               Records Management Program
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 4)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund
               Records Management Program (Region 4)
          Office of Administration and Resources Management
               Records Management Program
               Research Triangle Park, NC
          Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
               Records Management Program
          Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory
               Records Management Program
          Environmental Research Laboratory/ORD
               Records Management Program
               Athens, GA
          Environmental Research Laboratory/ORD
               Records Management Program
               Gulf Breeze, FL (Region 4)
          Health Effects Research Laboratory/ORD
          Records Management Program
          National Air and Radiation Laboratory
          Records Management Program
          Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
               Records Management Program
               Research Triangle Park, NC
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 5)
          Waste Management Division
               Records Management Program (Region 5)
          Office of Administration and Resources Management
               Records Management Program
               Cincinnati, OH
          Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory/ORD
               Records Management Program
          Environmental Research Laboratory/ORD
               Records Management Program
               Duluth, MN
          National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL)
               Records Management Program
          Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
               Records Management Program
               Cincinnati, OH
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 6)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Remedial
               Records Management Program (Region 6)
          Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
               Records Management Program
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 7)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Remedial
               Records Management Program (Region 7)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Removal
               Records Management Program (Region 7)
          Environmental Services Division (Region 7)
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 8)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Remedial
               Records Management Program (Region 8)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund Removal
               Records Management Program (Region 8)
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 9)
          Hazardous Waste Management Division Superfund Program
               Records Management Program (Region 9)
          Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EMSL)
               Records Management Program
          Regional Records Management Program (Region 10)
          Hazardous Waste Superfund
               Records Management Program (Region 10)
          Environmental Research Laboratory
               Records Management Program
               Corvallis, OR
          Supplementary information
          Agency Records Management Policy

          CHAPTER 5: Major EPA Environmental Databases
          EPA has developed many computerized information systems to
          fulfill legislative requirements and to support the Agency's
          mission to protect the environment. Major EPA Environmental
          Databases serves as a guide to accessing EPA automated data sets
          that are national in scope and contain environmental program
          information as opposed to administrative information.

          Major EPA Environmental Databases is organized by subject area.
          Each system's description includes purpose, types of data
          available, how to access the data, user assistance, and other
          information to assist potential users in determining how EPA data
          can help them.  All systems described in Major EPA Environmental
          Databases are maintained by EPA with the exception of the
          Environmental Response Notification System (ERNS). Although ERNS
          is maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportation, it is
          included because of the relevance of its information to EPA's
          environmental mission.

          Access to the data described in this chapter is described under
          the  Means of Access  heading for each entry. Public access
          mechanisms include access to a mainframe, commercial database
          vendor, bulletin-board system, floppy diskette distribution,
          magnetic tape, microfiche, printed reports, or CD ROM.

          Supplementary material at the end of the chapter describes EPA
          systems currently under development, and provides full
          descriptions of the most frequently used public access
          mechanisms including the EPA mainframe computing systems, the
          Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process, the National Library
          of Medicine (NLM), and the National Technical Information Service
          (NTIS).

          Contents
          AIR AND RADIATION
          Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS)
               Air Quality Subsystem (AQS)
               AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS)
               Geo-Common Subsystem (GCS)
               AIRS Area/Mobile Source System (AMS)
          HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE
          Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
          Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
               Information System (CERCLIS)
          Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) Analytical Results Database
          (CARD)
          Oil and Hazardous Material Technical Assistance Data System
          (OHMTADS)
          Records of Decision System (RODS)
          Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System (RCRIS)
          Vendor Information System for Innovative Treatment Technologies
          (VISITT)
          INTERNATIONAL
          International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC)
          PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
          Chemicals in Commerce Information System (CICIS)
          Pesticide Information Network (PIN)
          Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
          Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions Online Database
          (TSCATS)
          WATER
          Federal Reporting Data System (FRDS)
          Ocean Data Evaluation System (ODES)
          Permit Compliance System (PCS)
          Storage and Retrieval of U.S. Waterways Parametric Data (STORET)
               Biological Data System (BIOS)
               Daily Flow System (DFS)
               Water Quality System (WQS)
          CROSS-PROGRAM
          Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)
          Enforcement Docket (DOCKET)
          Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
          Environmental Monitoring Methods Index (EMMI)
          Facility Index System (FINDS)
          Geographic Resources Information Data System (GRIDS)
          Grants Information and Control System (GICS)
          Information Systems Inventory (ISI)
          Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
          Online Library System (OLS)
          Supplementary Information
          Means of Access
               EPA Mainframe Computing Systems
               Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
               National Library of Medicine (NLM)
               National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
          Systems Under Development
               The Non-Contract Laboratory Program Superfund Analytical
          Services Tracking System

          Chapter 6: Library and Information Services

          Library and Information Services provides information on the
          collections of each of the EPA libraries and information service
          operations. It describes the wide range of general and
          specialized services offered to EPA staff and other users,
          including reference and referral, current awareness services,
          interlibrary loan, and so forth.

          The mission of the EPA Library Network is to improve access to
          information for EPA decisionmaking. The National Library Network
          Program provides the overall framework to help the libraries
          accomplish the mission, issues Agencywide policy and guidance to
          standardize policies and procedures, and facilitates client and
          library network communications.  The Program also coordinates
          links between the network libraries and other Agency
          information services such as clearinghouses, hotlines, and
          dockets.

          Library and Information Services is arranges to correspond to
          EPA's organization structure.  An overview of the National
          Library Network Program is followed by the Headquarters
          information services. Libraries in the ten Regions are then
          described, with the Regional Library listed first, followed by
          Laboratory libraries in the Region.
          CONTENTS

          National Library Network Program
               INFOTERRA
               Hazardous Waste Superfund Collection
          Headquarters Library, Washington, DC
          Legislative Reference Library, Washington, DC
          Law Library, Washington, DC
          Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Library (OPPT),
          Washington, DC
          Region 1 Library, Boston, MA
          Environmental Research Laboratory Library, Narragansett, RI
          Region 2 Library, New York, NY
          Region 2 Field Office Library, Edison, NJ
          Region 3 Information Resource Center, Philadelphia, PA
          Central Regional Laboratory Library, Annapolis, MD
          Region 4 Library, Atlanta, GA
          Library Services Office, Research Triangle Park, NC
          Environmental Research Laboratory Library, Gulf Breeze, FL
          Environmental Research Laboratory Library, Athens, GA
          Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Library (OAQPS),
           Research Triangle Park, NC
          Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division
               Library (AREAL), Research Triangle Park, NC
          Region 5 Library, Chicago, IL
          Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental
               Research Center Library (AWBERC), Cincinnati, OH
          Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office,
               Technical Information Unit (TIU), Cincinnati, OH
          National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) Library,
             Ann Arbor, MI
          Environmental Research Laboratory Library, Duluth, MN
          Region 6 Library, Dallas, TX
          Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Library, Ada, OK
          Region 7 Library, Kansas City, KS
          Region 8 Library, Denver, CO
          National Enforcement Investigations Center Library (NEIC),
          Denver, CO
          Region 9 Library, San Francisco, CA
          Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory Library (EMSL), Las
          Vegas, NV
          Region 10 Library, Seattle, WA
          Environmental Research Laboratory Library (ERL-C), Corvallis, OR
          CHAPTER 7: State Environmental Libraries
          State Environmental Libraries is part of an EPA initiative to
          support information sharing between EPA and the States. It
          includes descriptive information on State environmental
          library collections and services, and contact information for
          access. Supplemental information provides an  Alternate State
          Environmental Contacts  list of environmental information
          contacts for States with no environmental libraries listed.
          CONTENTS
          Alabama Public Library Service
          Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Library
          Arizona Attorney General Office Criminal Division (WRAT)
          Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Library
          Arizona Department of Water Resources Library
          Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology Records
          Section
          California State Water Resources Control Board Law Library
          California Air Resources Board Library
          California Department of Toxic Substances Control
               Technical Reference Library
          California Integrated Waste Management Board Library
          California State Resources Agency Library
          Delaware Superfund Branch Library
          Florida Environmental Library of Sarasota County
          Florida Department of Environmental Regulation
          Florida (State of Florida Department of Natural Resources
          Florida Geological Survey Library)
          Florida District Library St. Johns River Water Management
          District
          Florida (Southwest Florida Water Management District Library)
          Florida Reference Center South Florida Water Management District
          Georgia Fernbank Science Center Library
          Environmental Protection Division Library
               Georgia Department of Natural Resources
          Hawaii State Library
          Idaho DEQ Resource Library
          Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center Library
          Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Library
          Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources Library
          University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Engineering Library
          Illinois Pollution Control Board Scientific/Technical Section
          Library
          Indiana Department of Environmental Management
          Environmental Resource Center
          Indiana Department of Environmental Management Law Library   Iowa
          Department of Natural Resources Technical Library
          Kansas Department of Health and Environment Library
          Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection EPIC Library
          Louisiana Air Quality Information Resources Center
          Louisiana Ground Water Protection Library
          Louisiana Water Resources Library
          Maryland State Department of the Environment
               Toxics Information Center
          Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Library
          Massachusetts State Library
          Michigan Department of Natural Resources
               Surface Water Quality Division
          Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Library
          Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Library
          Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Library
          New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
          New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy
          Information Resource Center
          New Mexico Environment Library
          North Carolina Library, North Carolina Department of Environment,
               Health, and Natural Resources
          North Dakota State Department of Health and Consolidated
          Laboratories
               Environmental Health Section
          Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Library
          Oklahoma Department of Libraries
          Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Library
          Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
               Technical Reference Library
          Puerto Rico Centro de Informaci€n Junta de Calidad Ambiental
          Puerto Rico, Centro de Informaci€n Ambiental del Caribe
          South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
          Library
          Texas Air Control Board Library
          Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Library
          Texas Water Commission Library
          Utah Department of Environmental Quality Library
          Virginia Bureau of Toxic Substances Library
               Virginia Department of Health
          Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Library
          Washington Department of Ecology Library
          Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
          Supplementary Information
          Alternate State Environmental Contacts

          CHAPTER 8: EPA Scientific Models
          The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientific
          community is comprised of components in Headquarters program
          offices, 10 Regional offices, and 13 specialized scientific
          laboratories located throughout the country. The variety of
          projects being conducted by such a geographically separated
          community is diverse and at times very specialized. One of the
          aims of EPA Scientific Models is to give a sense of the type of
          scientific endeavors currently underway by EPA scientists.  It is
          not all inclusive but lists a sampling of models only.

          Additional purposes of EPA Scientific Models are to:

                  Foster communications about scientific computer models.
                  Increase the visibility of existing scientific models.
                  Reduce duplication of effort in the development of
                        scientific computer models.

                  Facilitate EPA's response to information requests about
                 scientific computer models.

          Two Office of Research and Development (ORD) laboratories have
          become lead EPA organizations for modeling and modeling research.
          The Environmental Research Laboratory at Athens, GA (ERL-Athens)
          has established the Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling
          (CEAM) and the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
          in Ada, OK is the lead laboratory for ground water modeling.
          Following is contact information on the services of these two
          sources of model information:

                  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                   Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM)
                   Environmental Research Laboratory
                   Athens, GA  30613-0801

                   Phone:  (404) 546-3130              Fax:  (404) 546-2018
                  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                   Center for Subsurface Modeling Support (CSMoS)
                   Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
                   P.O. Box 1198
                   Ada, OK  74820

                   Phone:  (405) 332-8800 (ext. 245)   Fax:  (405) 332-8800
          The EPA Model Clearinghouse listed on page 130 can provide
          additional information on EPA scientific models.

          CONTENTS
          National Environmental Supercomputing Center
          A.D.L. Migration Estimation Model
          Annie Interactive Development Environment
          Assessment Tools for the Evaluation of Risk
          Biodegradation of Environmental Chemicals Modeled With Aquatic,
             Relative-Rate Coefficients
          Chesapeake Bay Three Dimensional Time Variable Water Quality
          Model
          Clean Air Act Assessment Package 1988
          Cornell Mixing Zone Model (1 and 2)
          Endangered Species Database/Reach Scan Link
          Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model
          EPA's Composite Model for Landfills
          Exposure Analysis Modeling System II
          Food and Gill Exchange of Toxic Substances
          Graphical Exposure Modeling System
               PC Graphical Exposure Modeling System
          Green Cross Solar V1.1
          Hydrological Simulation Program
          Littoral Ecosystem Risk Assessment Model
          Metal Speciation Equilibrium for Surface and Ground Water  MOFAT
          Multi-Chamber Concentration and Exposure Model
          Multimedia Exposure Assessment Model
          Pesticide Analytical Model Version 4.0
          Pesticide Root Zone Model
          Prediction of Radiological Effects Due to Shallow Trench
          Operation
          Probabilistic Dilution Model Version 3.1
          ReachScan
          Regulatory and Investigative Treatment Zone Model (RITZ)
          Simulated Waste Access to Ground Water (SWAG)
          Soil Venting Model
          Storm Water Management Model
          Water Analysis Simulation Program
          Watershed Model of the Chesapeake Bay
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          ACCESS EPA
          Publication Type:       Directory

          EPA Document
          Number:            EPA/220-B-93-008

          Sponsoring Office:

               Office of Administration and Resources Management,
          Office of Information Resources Management,
          Information Management and Services Division,
          Information Access Branch

          Public Contact:         Ann Dugan (contractor)

          Address:           U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                             Public Information Center, PM-211B
                             401 M Street, SW
                             Washington, DC 20460

          Telephone:     (202) 260-2049           Fax:     (202) 260-6257
          Description of Publication: EPA produces the ACCESS EPA directory
          to improve access to environmental information services provided
          by EPA and related public sector organizations.  The directory is
          maintained by EPA's Office of Information Resources Management
          (OIRM) to support the Agency's mission. Because EPA believes that
          public access to environmental information fosters environmental
          awareness, the directory is made available through the Government
          Printing Office (GPO) and the National Technical Information
          Service (NTIS).  The directory provides contact information and a
          description of services provided. ACCESS EPA includes information
          on documents, dockets, clearinghouses and hotlines, records,
          databases, models, EPA libraries, and State Libraries.

          Purpose: This publication helps the general public gain access to
          EPA. The directory is designed to be brief, concise, and easy to
          use.

          Audience: EPA staff, federal and state environmental agencies,
          libraries, contractors, and the general public.

          Frequency of Publication: Annual.

          Ordering Information:

                  National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
                   5285 Port Royal Road
                   Springfield, VA 22161

                   Phone: (703) 487-4650               Fax: (703) 321-8547
                   Rush Service: (800) 553-NTIS

                   NTIS Number: PB93-170041

                   EPA Document Number: EPA/220-B-93-008

                  U.S. Government Printing Office
                   710 North Capitol Street, NW
                   Washington, DC 20402

                   GPO Number: 055-000-00437-4

                   Phone: (202) 783-3238               Fax: (202) 275-0019
          Online Access: ACCESS EPA is available online through the EPA
          Library Online Library System (OLS), see also page 346, and the
          GPO Federal Bulletin Board System (GPO BBS).

          OLS Access: For Dial-In Access call (919) 549-0720. Use these
          transmission and format settings: 300-9600 baud rate, half
          duplex, even parity, 7 data bits per character, one Stop Bit.
                   To login: Dial into the system.
                             At the first system prompt, select OLS.
                      At second menu, select A.

                   To  print: Printing is only available through your
                   telecommunications software.

                   To logout: Type Q or QUIT at the system prompt.

          Access through Internet: We encourage universities and
          institutions with Internet connection to access OLS using
          Internet links to EPA. EPA's Internet address is:

          EPAIBM.RTPNC.EPA.GOV.

          At the first menu, select  Public Access.
          At the second menu, select OLS.
          At third menu, select A.
          ______________

          Online Library System
          Acronym:       OLS

          Previous Names:         N/A

          Sponsoring Office:
                    Office of Administration and Resources Management,
               Office of Information and Resources Management,
          Information Management and Services Division,
                    Information Access Branch

          Primary Contact:        Jonda Byrd

          Telephone:         (513) 569-7183       Fax:     (513) 569-7186
          Means of Access:   OLS is available to EPA employees and the
          public directly, online, through EPA's mainframe.

          EPA staff
          Connecting to the mainframe through telecommunications software:
          At  Selection  prompt type IBMPSI
          Select D. EPA OLS

          Connecting to the mainframe through SNA Gateway:

          Select 6. Public Access
          Select 1. OLS

          Public
          Dial-In Access (919) 549-0720

          At first system prompt type IBMPSI
          Select D. EPA OLS

          Internet Address: EPAIBM.RTPNC.EPA.GOV

          Select 6. Public Access
          Select 1. OLS

          Hours:             EPA mainframe 24 hours/day, except from
                      8:00 p.m. Sunday to 7:00 a.m. Monday (EST).
          Subject Emphasis: OLS references the information resources
          maintained by the EPA library network.

          Purpose of System: The purpose of OLS is to improve access to the
          wealth of information available from the EPA Headquarters,
          Regional, and Laboratory libraries.

          Users: OLS is used by EPA, consultants, and the general public.
          Information in System: OLS contains bibliographic citations from
          books, EPA and other federal agency technical reports, conference
          proceedings, indices, audiovisual materials, maps, journals, and
          a variety of other documents. OLS provides summaries of selected
          titles.  Information contained in the following databases is also
          listed in OLS:

              National Catalog (N) The National Catalog contains items
          cataloged in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and
          reports indexed and maintained by NTIS.

              Hazardous Waste Superfund Collection Database (H) This
          database contains items maintained in the Office of Solid   Waste
          and Emergency Response's Hazardous Waste Superfund Collection.
              Clean Lakes Database (L) This database contains items
          indexed by the Clean Lakes Clearinghouse in EPA's Office of
          Water on subjects such as lake management, protection, and
          restoration.
              Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) Chemical
          Collection Database (CH).  The Chemical Collection Database
          contains citations of microfiche copies of articles in the  OPPT
          Chemical Collection System.

              Access 93 (A) Access 93 contains information from the
          publication ACCESS EPA, a directory of U.S. EPA and other
          public sector information sources, maintained by the Office of
          Information Resources Management.

              Regional Files OLS contains lists of holdings from certain
          EPA Regional libraries.

          Information Source: Information in OLS is obtained from EPA
          program offices, Regional offices, and NTIS.

          Frequency of System Update: OLS is updated as follows: OCLC every
          two weeks; NTIS quarterly; others vary.

          System Software: BASIS.

          System Features: OLS provides key-word access and may be searched
          using user-friendly menus. Searchers can use fields, such as
          title, author, subject, key-word, or year of publication to
          perform searches. Further description of OLS capabilities is
          available in user documentation.

          QA/QC: Quality assurance and quality control is performed
          primarily by OCLC staff for the National Catalog. QA/QC for the
          other databases is performed by the database sponsor.

          Access Restrictions: There is no restricted access at this time.
          Technical Support: The Public Access OLS User Guide is available
          from the Public Information Center (PIC) (202) 260-7751 or (202)
          260-2080. For other technical questions contact John Knight at
          (919) 541-2794.

          Outreach Efforts: A brochure is available upon request by
          contacting the Public Information Center (PIC) (202) 260-2080.
          Demonstrations of OLS are given at professional conferences,
          meetings, and EPA open houses held in EPA libraries.
          Demonstrations can be requested by contacting any EPA library or
          Jonda Byrd.

          Means of Access

          EPA's Mainframe Computing Systems
          EPA's National Computer Center (NCC) provides the primary
          mainframe computing resources through which EPA's staff at
          Headquarters, Regions, and Laboratories access EPA's databases.
          In addition, selected EPA databases can be accessed on the NCC
          computer systems by EPA's data sharing partners, such as state
          and local governments, contractors, and grantees. Private
          companies, corporations, and individuals can request online
          access to some EPA databases through the National Technical
          Information Service (NTIS). NTIS coordinates all agreements and
          bills the customer directly for computer services provided by the
          NCC. For a free information package about public access to
          EPA/NCC, call NTIS at (703) 487-4650 and ask for PR-945.

          To access the various computer systems, EPA users must first have
          an EPA user ID. This ID can be obtained by submitting a request
          to the appropriate EPA Account Manager or ADP Coordinator who
          will then request registration from the Time Sharing Service
          Management System (TSSMS) office at the NCC. Upon approval of the
          request, the user is sent an ID, a password, and general user
          information. For further information on EPA computing services,
          contact the NCC User Support Hotline at (800) 334-2405.

          _________________

          GPO Federal Bulletin Board System (GPO BBS): For information,
          call (202) 512-1387.

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 16:46:47 CST
From: "Jonathan C. Davis" <Jonathan.C.Davis@acenet.auburn.edu>
To: gopher-announce@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Subject: New Gopher Server

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) at Auburn University
has established a Gopher server to provide Internet access to ACES
materials and resources.

The identifying information for the ACES Gopher server is as follows:

Type=1
Name=Auburn University - Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Path=
Host=gopher.acenet.auburn.edu
Port=70
URL: gopher://gopher.acenet.auburn.edu:70/1

This Gopher server is a developing system that will be expanded and
enhanced during the coming months.  Questions and comments regarding
this server should be sent to the following address:

gopher-admin@acenet.auburn.edu


--
 Jonathan C. Davis                      jdavis@acenet.auburn.edu
 Manager, Network Support               205-844-9660
 Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn University

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From: mandrade@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Mark Andrade)
Subject: ANNOUNCING: Arch bulletin board
Message-ID: <CtJC86.C46@news.Hawaii.Edu>
Summary: Announcing a new WWW server. 
Sender: news@news.Hawaii.Edu
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	The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture's Western 
Region has created an electronic bulletin board to allow Internet users to 
access and share ACSA information.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa is 
currently the site for this service.

	This bulletin board contains information about the various programs 
at ACSA schools across the region.  This information was drawn heavily 
from the fifth edition of the ACSA's Guide to Architecture Schools.  This 
service also contains links to many other architectural resources on 
Internet.  

	You are welcome to review the ACSA electronic bulletin board, to do
so, you will need a hyper-text viewer such as Mosaic or Lynx.  You will find 
these viewers available on Internet at no charge.  Should you have any 
difficulties installing this software, please contact your local computer 
network administrators for assistance.  

	The World Wide Web address of the ACSA electronic bulletin 
board is currently:

	http://uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu:3333/acsa_home.html

Aloha,


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From san@nal.usda.gov Mon Apr  1 23:30:43 EST 1996
Article: 11569 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
Path: newz.oit.unc.edu!oit-mail2news-gateway
From: san@nal.usda.gov (Andy Clark, SAN    Coordinator)
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: Alternative Farming Systems Info Center (AFSIC)
Date: 26 Mar 1996 19:15:30 -0500
Organization: sustag-public mailing list
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960326162412.10495G-100000@cliff>
References: <056FF31583E6B45D*/c=US/admd=MCI/prmd=Honeywell/o=MN-MTA/ou=MSMail/ou=HBC/s=Vasilakes/g=Neil/@MHS>
NNTP-Posting-Host: fddinewz.oit.unc.edu
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

AFSIC has several publications on organic production, tillage, and 
sustainable agriculture.  See the list of products on the Web or the 
gopher, or e-mail (preferably) to be sent a hard copy.  

          Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

This and other similar publications (See the List of Information Products 
at any of these sites) are available free of charge from:

WWW:    http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/AltFarm

  or    http://www.nal.usda.gov
  
          select Answers to Your Questions
          select Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

Gopher  gopher.nal.usda.gov
          select NAL Information Centers
          select Alternative Farming Systems Information Center


Orders for publications can be made by e-mail:   afsic@nal.usda.gov
                                       Phone :   (301) 504-6559
                                       FAX   :   (301) 504-6409

Snail-mail:

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, MD  20705-2351

There's a wealth of information available at these sites!

Andy Clark
SAN Coordinator
san@nal.usda.gov


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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 15:00:01 -0400
From: AGSIEVEFB.parti@parti.inforum.org
To: SANET-MG@ces.ncsu.edu


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From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduFri Mar  3 12:48:48 1995
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 06:00:05 -0800 (PST)
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture <sustag-l@listproc.wsu.edu>
Subject: Announcement from AGENG-L(fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 12:21:03 +0100
From: Thomas Stein <stein@wiz.uni-kassel.de>
To: Multiple recipients of list IRRIGATION-L <IRRIGATION-L@vm.gmd.de>
Subject: Announcement from AGENG-L(fwd)

I would like to forward the following announcement of

              AGENG-L (Agricultural Engineering)

which I received from

   Johannes grosse Beilage, Ph.D.
   Institute of agric. engineering
   (jbeilag@gwdg.de)

today.

-------------- fwd message (shortened) ----------------------------------
______________________________________________
Discussion List Name: AGENG-L

List Address: (for messages): AGENG-L@GWDG.DE
(for commands, subscription, etc.): LISTSERV@(see above)

Scope & Subject:
free discussion platform for all terms of agricultural engineering,
expressively including intelligent technology on farm machinery. Related
themes are ergonomic aspects and farm planning.

Contact: Johannes grosse Beilage <JBEILAG@GWDG.DE>

---------------- end of fwd message --------------------------------


Thomas-M. Stein
(list owner)
______________________________________________________________________________

 Thomas-M. Stein
 University of Kassel (FB11)    Phone     : (+49)-5542-98-1632
 Dep. of Rural Engineering and  Fax       : (+49)-5542-98-1588
 Natural Resource Protection    Email     : stein@wiz.uni-kassel.de
 Nordbahnhofstr. 1a             WWW       : http://www.wiz.uni-kassel.de/kww
 D-37213 Witzenhausen (FRG)     List owner: IRRIGATION-L at LISTSERV@vm.gmd.de
______________________________________________________________________________

From DawnSingh@aol.com Wed Jun 15 23:05:49 1994
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 22:52:54 EDT
From: DawnSingh@aol.com
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Is there a faq?; book recommendations

Thanks for sending your e-mail regarding faqs. The American Garden Newsletter
reviews garden books and interviews authors.  It is free of charge and is not
affiliated with any organization.   To subscribe or correspond, send your
e-mail address to:  DawnSingh@aol.com

If applicable, please include me on your list of information providers.

Thanks.

Dawn

From dawnb@CSN.ORG Wed Jan 26 21:58:49 1994
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 14:40:32 -0700
From: "Dawn E. Bergacker" <dawnb@CSN.ORG>
To: Multiple recipients of list AGRIC-L <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: Re: national ag library

On Wed, 26 Jan 1994, Jeffrey L. Kirwan wrote:

> Is there anyone who can tell me how to access the National (US)
> Agricultural Library (I believe the acronym is ARCOLA)?
> Thank You!
> Jeff Kirwan, Extension Agent, Va. Coop. Ext.


Agricola is a article citation database produced by the NAL.  My yearly
CD-ROM subscription costs about $800.  You can also access their database
on several online database services, including Dialog and EPIC (both
accessible on the Internet).  It costs $.75/connect minute to use Agricola
on Dialog, and about $.33/connect minute to access through EPIC.  You need
an account in order to connect to Dialog or EPIC.

You can, for free, access the NAL's BBS through the FedWorld BBS.  Just
telnet to fedworld.gov (at system prompt type "telnet fedworld.gov").
There's some useful information on their bulletin board (ALF--Agricultural
Library Forum).  The most useful information, I believe, is contact names
for each state.

I'd recommend checking for contacts in your area, and calling to find out
whether they have Agricola.  I believe that most of the university extensions
get a significant price break on Agricola.  I think that Agricola might
also be available through the internet to certain government employees.  I
think that your best bet would be to ask other ag extension type people in
your area whether they have Agricola (and will let you use theirs), or
whether they know a way to access Agricola (local land grant university?).

Dawn E. Bergacker
dawnb@csn.org
Manager of Technical Information, Imperial Holly Corporation
Colorado Springs

P.S.  I think that someone from NAL reads this list.  She should be able
to give you a fuller answer.  I think that it's also possible for "some
government employees" to connect to the online library catalog at NAL.
The catalog would tell you what books they have at NAL, and what
periodicals they subscribe to.
From claude@npkservices.qc.ca Thu Jan 27 13:07:56 1994
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 23:07:00 GMT
From: "Claude Gelinas Agr." <claude@npkservices.qc.ca>
Reply to: Agriculture Discussion <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list AGRIC-L <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: national ag library

Hello,

this is a way to reach agricola. Hope that will help you.

*************************************************************
The National Agricultural Library's Reference Section accepts
requests for  reference services over the internet. There is
nothing to subscribe to and no form to fill out. Just send your
information inquiry to the internet address and we will answer it
as if it were a mailed in reference question.


Your inquiry will be  assigned to a reference librarian who will
prepare a reply, most likely  based on a search of AGRICOLA,
NAL's database.

Because reference replies frequently require us to mail
attachments, for our  convenience please include a post office
mailing address in your request.

NAL began charging for reference services in 1986.  Reference
services are  provided free as long as they can be done within
the threshold  limits, which are one hour of the librarian's time
(at $11.00 per hour) and $25.00 commercial  search fees. We will
stay within the threshold limit unless you authorize  us to
exceed it. Exceeding the threshold would incur a $10.00 billing
fee in addition to  the excess, but the first hour and $25.00
would be free in any case. (Certain groups, such as USDA
employees making work-related requests, are exempt from the above
fees.)

Sincerely,

John B. Forbes, Head
Reference Section


------- End of Forwarded Message

Have fun

claude

   Claude Gelinas Agr.                              Voice : 514 652 9764
   claude@npkservices.qc.ca                           Fax : 514 652 7731
   Montreal, Quebec, Canada                           Off.: 514 652 7548
========================================================================

From agref@NALUSDA.GOV Thu Jan 27 13:12:28 1994
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 11:35:49 -0500
From: NAL Reference <agref@NALUSDA.GOV>
To: Multiple recipients of list AGRIC-L <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: Re: NAL Internet Service (fwd)

Dear Mr. French:

Following is the message I usually send out on internet, including an address:

The National Agricultural Library's Reference Section accepts
requests for  reference services over the internet at address
agref@nalusda.gov.  There is nothing to subscribe to and no form
to fill out. Just send your information inquiry to the internet
address and we will answer it as if it were a mailed-in reference
question.

Your inquiry will be  assigned to a reference librarian who will
prepare a reply, most likely  based on a search of AGRICOLA,
NAL's database.

Because reference replies frequently require us to mail
attachments, for our  convenience please include a post office
mailing address in your request.

NAL began charging for reference services in 1986.  Reference
services are  provided free as long as they can be done within
the threshold  limits, which are one hour of the librarian's time
(at $11.00 per hour) and $25.00 commercial  search fees. We will
stay within the threshold limit unless you authorize  us to
exceed it. Exceeding the threshold would incur a $10.00 billing
fee in addition to  the excess, but the first hour and $25.00
would be free in any case. (Certain groups, such as USDA
employees making work-related requests, are exempt from the above
fees.)

Sincerely,
John B. Forbes, Head
Reference Section
jforbes@nalusda.gov

> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 94 07:51:09 EST
> From: "Al French (USDA Economic Analysis Staff)"
 <AFRENCH%ERS.BITNET@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU>
> To: John Forbes <JFORBES@nalusda.gov>
> Subject: NAL Internet Service
>
> Subcribers to the AGRIC-L discussion list are fumbling around trying to
> determine how to access the NAL Reference Desk through Internet. Please
> post appropriate info to:  agric-l@uga.bitnet.  Thanks.
From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduWed Apr 17 14:55:01 1996
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 08:35:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture <sustag-l@listproc.wsu.edu>
Subject: New discussion list on agrometeorology/agroclimatology (fwd)

>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 06:58:59 -0500
>From: "Gommes, Rene (SDRN)" <Rene.Gommes@fao.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <agmodels-l@unl.edu>
>Subject: New discussion list on agrometeorology/agroclimatology
>
>
>*********    JOIN US ON AGROMET-L   *********
>
>
>This is to announce the a new WMO/FAO sponsored discussion list on
>agrometeorology and agroclimatology.
>
>Users can subscribe to the list by sending an email to
>
>MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG,
>
>leaving the subject blank, and entering the line below in the body of the
>message:
>
>subscribe Agromet-L
>
>The welcome message will provide more details about the list...
>
>********** JOIN US ON AGROMET-L *********
>

========================================================================
Gerrit Hoogenboom
Associate Professor
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
The University of Georgia
Griffin, Georgia 30223-1797, USA

Phone:  770-228-7216
FAX:    770-228-7218
E-mail:  gerrit@bae.griffin.peachnet.edu
========================================================================

From ahs@eMall.com Thu May 18 00:13:52 EDT 1995
Article: 69973 of rec.gardens
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From: ahs@eMall.com (American Horticultural Society)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens,rec.gardens.orchids,rec.gardens.roses,slac.rec.garden,triangle.gardens
Subject: American Horticultural Society on WWW
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 01:11:08 -0500
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As of Monday, May 1st, the American Horticultural Society can be found on
the Worldwide Web as the resident expert in eMall's new Garden
Marketplace.

The address is:

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They are supplying the online leisure gardener with valuable information
on plant selection and research, gardening techniques and garden tours, as
well as offering enrollment at a special online price to prospective new
members.

Founded in 1922, the American Horticultural Society is an educational,
non-profit organization that informs, educates, and inspires people of all
ages to become successful, environmentally responsible gardeners.



For more information, contact:

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From dkirscht@moose.uvm.edu Sat Aug 19 15:38:26 EDT 1995
Article: 306 of sci.bio.botany
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From: dkirscht@moose.uvm.edu (David Kirschtel)
Subject: Re: edible sea weed
Message-ID: <1995Aug15.160624.18778@emba.uvm.edu>
Sender: news@emba.uvm.edu
Organization: EMBA Computer Facility, University of Vermont
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James-Laurent Vasile, TGMO (vasile@murray.fordham.edu) wrote:
>I am interested in growing edible sea weed. Any help (other newsgroups, books,
>urls etc.) would be appreciated. Thanks for the help.

>Please cross post as appropriate.

>-James-Laurent Vasile

you might try subscribing to the algae list (ALGAE-L@IRLEARN.UCD.IE)

 Send a mail message to  LISTSERV@IRLEARN.UCD.IE  [please note that it
is NOT "LISTSERVER" but "LISTSERV"] with no subject heading and the
single line: SUB ALGAE-L followed, on the same line by your first
name and your second name [please note that it is NOT "ALGAL-L"]. Please 
put a <return> after this line, particularly if you use a mail "signature".

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Dept. of Botany               |     What if the 'invisible hand' is 
Univ. of Vermont              |
Burlington, VT 05405-0086     |         guided by myopic eyes.
                              |
tel   802.656.0429            |
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From MTS@gnv.ifas.ufl.eduSun May 26 21:21:17 1996
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 14:54:22 -0500 (EST)
From: "Malcolm (Tom) Sanford, Florida Extension Apiculturist"
     <MTS@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Introducing the APIS mailing/discussion list

Distributed to:
        USR:[MTS]INTERNET.DIS;87, mts
INTRODUCING THE APIS-L MAILING/DISCUSSION LIST  
  
Dear Newsletter Reader:  
  
I want to thank you for your continued interest in APIS:  Apicultural  
Information and Issues, one of the longest running monthly Cooperative  
Extension Beekeeping Newsletters in the U.S.  This publication is now  
celebrating its fourteenth year chronicling change in apiculture.  It was  
first made available on BITNET and later through the Internet, officially  
recognized for pioneer work in electronic publishing by being featured  
in the lobbying document, 51 Reasons--How We Use the Internet and  
What it Says About the Information Superhighway.  In keeping with  
developments in the information revolution, APIS is also archived at  
gopher sites, including the one maintained by IFAS (College of  
Agriculture) at the University of Florida (gopher://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu).  
It also has an extensive World Wide Web site with links among issues  
and  to other sites.    
  
In addition to these passive archives, I have continued to make APIS  
available to an extensive electronic mailing list, including cross posting  
it to other lists such as BEE-L.  This way interested persons can get a  
copy hot off the press.  The number of requests, however, is so great that  
 I can no longer adequately maintain this mailing list.  Fortunately, there 
are now automatic programs which will do this job.  Therefore, I have 
created the APIS-L mailing/discussion list.  
  
This list will be managed by a program called LISTSERV at the Northeast  
Regional Data Center on the University of Florida Campus.  To begin  
receiving the newsletter on an automatic basis, you simply send a message to:  
 
LISTSERV@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU  
  
Leave the subject line blank and on the first line of the message enter the 
only the following:  subscribe APIS-L First Name Last Name.  You  
should receive a message from the listserv asking you to reconfirm your  
request.  
  
Besides managing the list, the listserv provides some other benefits.   
These include opportunities to discuss the contents of newsletter with  
others directly receiving it, including the author.  In addition, 
distributing the publication this way will help to reduce the number of 
redundant messages across the Internet.  Instead of the full APIS issue,
I will post to discussion lists and elsewhere only a summary of what each
new number contains.  This will serve as a friendly reminder that the 
newsletter is available; those who want to see the issue can then access it 
through gopher or the Web; anyone wanting subsequent issues sent directly 
to them can subscribe to the APIS-L list.  Again, thank you for  your 
continued interest in the newsletter.  
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  
Malcolm T. Sanford		Phone:  352/392-1801 X 143  
Extension Apiculturist		Fax:  352/392-0190  
University of Florida		Email: mts@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu  
Box 110620, Bldg 970		Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 
---------- 
Apis on the World Wide Web:            
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~entweb/apis/apis.htm  
======================================================
From sarti@perca.win.net Sat Oct 22 21:32:15 EDT 1994
Article: 1946 of sci.agriculture
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Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
Message-ID: <88@perca.win.net>
References: <38659t$rct@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>
Reply-To: sarti@perca.win.net (Joseph M. Sarti)
From: sarti@perca.win.net (Joseph M. Sarti)
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 00:17:04 GMT
Subject: Re: Aquaculture
Lines: 34

 
In article <38659t$rct@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>, Kerry Griffin (kgriffin@OCE.ORST.EDU) writes:
>
>
>Greetings,
>
>I am a graduate student at Oregon State University, and am researching
>marine aquaculture policy in the U.S. and the world.  I know this
>may not be the appropriate newgroup, but I cannot find a newsgroup
>entirely devoted to the subject of aquaculture.
>
>I anyone knows of researchers who have, or plan to conduct a study
>of economic policy as applied to aquaculture, please let me know.
>Respond directly to kgriffin@oce.orst.edu.  Thanks!
>
>Kerry Griffin
>

Kerry,

There is an aquaculture discussion group (mailing list) called
AQUA-L.
To subscribe send Email to:

listproc@upei.ca

Leave the subject line blank, in the body of the message type
only:

SUBSCRIBE AQUA-L Kerry Griffin

Hope this helps.

Joe 



From sean.ohara@ucop.edu Tue Nov  8 23:32:10 EST 1994
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From: sean.ohara@ucop.edu
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: AROID-L LISTSERV discussion group
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 94 15:18:04 PDT
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Here is some information about this group:

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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 15:43:32 CST
From: phil mueller <hi23ahg@MAILHOST.TCS.TULANE.EDU>
Subject: AROID-L Announcement
 
THE INTERNATIONAL AROID SOCIETY ANNOUNCES THE DEBUT OF AROID-L, A
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From M.Roberts@unsw.edu.au Wed Dec 21 11:27:20 EST 1994
Article: 2502 of sci.agriculture
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From: Mark Roberts <M.Roberts@unsw.edu.au>
Subject: AWOL: Coppertales A Journal of Rural Arts
Message-ID: <1994Dec21.071301.7135@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
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AUSTRALIAN WRITING ONLINE is a small press distribution service which we
hope will help Australian magazines, journals and publishers to reach a
much wider audience through the internet. As a first step we will be
posting information and subscription details for a number of magazines
and publishers to a number of discussion groups and lists. We hope to
build up a large emailing list which includes as many libraries as
possible. If you know of a list or discussion group which you think might
be worthwhile posting to please email,or if you would like to receive
future postings please contact AWOL directly on M.Roberts@unsw.edu.au.

Please note that M.Roberts@unsw.edu.au is a temporary address until we
set up our own address sometime next year
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'Coppertales' is a journal of 180 pages edited by Brian Musgrove and
Chris Lee and currently published in the form of an annual anthology by
the Faculty of Arts at the University of Southern Queensland and the
University of Southern Queensland Press.  In 1995 it has been supported
by the Queensland Government through the Minister for the Arts.

'Coppertales' publishes poetry, short fiction, articles, art work,
reviews and interviews which feature the rural experience.  Its aim is to
provide a space for the representation and promotion of Queensland and
Australian rural culture.  Too often rural Australia is misrepresented as
a simple and outdated cliche by interests confined to the metropolitan
center.  This journal establishes a forum for the diversity of interests
and opinion which are characteristic of this country's regional cultures.

'Coppertales' is not exclusively committed to regional items.  It
recognises that rural people are just as interested in the ideas and
values of metropolitan and international cultures as they in those of
their own localities.  'Coppertales' will publish metropolitan work of
quality which may be of interest to a rural audience.

The inaugural issue of the journal features poetry from Bruce Dawe, Coral
Hull, Megan Redfern, and Mark Mahemoff, short fiction from Ness Shannon,
Ian Crowther and H. Hayes, a travel essay from Pat Buckridge, and an
interview with Thomas Keneally.

Contributors receive a complimentary copy of the journal and all
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From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 06:53:51 -0700
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: UPDATED> Accessing The Internet By E-Mail - 2nd Edition (fwd)

[This may be of interest. TH]

SENDER:BOBRANKIN@delphi.com
Subject: Accessing The Internet By E-Mail

I am pleased to announce availability of the expanded 2nd Edition of:

                 Accessing The Internet By E-Mail

This special report will show you how to retrieve files from FTP sites,
explore the Internet via Gopher, search for information with Archie,
Veronica, or WAIS, tap into the World-Wide Web, and even access Usenet
newsgroups using E-MAIL AS YOUR ONLY TOOL.

Lots of new stuff as a result of comments from around the world.  Check
out the updated Net Goodies section!  I've tried to make the entire document
a bit friendlier and added info on European mail servers.

The document "ACCESSING THE INTERNET BY E-MAIL" is now available from an
automated mail server.  To get a copy, send e-mail to either address below.

To: LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (for US/Canada/etc.)
Leave Subject blank, and enter only this line in the body of the note:
  GET INTERNET BY-EMAIL NETTRAIN F=MAIL

Or: MAILBASE@mailbase.ac.uk (for UK/Europe/etc.)
Leave Subject blank, and enter only this line in the body of the note:
  send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt

You can also get the file by anonymous FTP at either of these sites:

At: ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu                 Or: mailbase.ac.uk
  cd NETTRAIN                              cd pub/lists/lis-iis/files/
  get INTERNET BY-EMAIL                    get e-access-inet.txt

If you prefer, you can Gopher to:  mailbase.ac.uk
>From the root menu, follow this path to get the file:
  Mailbase lists - K-O / lis-iis / Other files / e-access-inet.txt /

For WWW access here's the URL you need:
  gopher://nisp.ncl.ac.uk:70/00/lists-k-o/lis-iis/files/e-access-inet.txt

Regards,
Doctor Bob  <BobRankin@Delphi.Com>
From cabirac@yorick.umd.edu Sun Nov  6 21:30:48 EST 1994
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From: cabirac@yorick.umd.edu (Daniel M. Cabirac)
Newsgroups: bionet.agroforestry
Subject: Ag Biotech WWW/Gopher Server!
Date: 5 Nov 1994 18:37:16 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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    ***************************************************************
    
                 THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CENTER 
               OF THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY (USDA) 
    
         Provides AG BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION via WWW and Gopher 
   
    ***************************************************************

    WWW access:  http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/Biotech
    Instructions for our gopher are given below.
	
		    **BIOTECH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES**        
                      **LEGISLATION AND REGULATION**
                  **SELECT FULL TEXT AGBIOTECH PATENTS**
                        **TRANSGENIC TOMATO**
                    **BST-BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE**
                       **BIOTECHNOLOGY OF ALGAE**
                          **BIOTECH VIDEOS**
                  **FULL TEXT BIOTECH NEWSLETTERS**                     

       AND many more files, as well as links to other Agricultural 
                   Biotechnology WWW sites and Gophers.


Use our WWW site listed above or our gopher:

gopher gopher.nalusda.gov
   -Information Centers
     -Biotechnology Information Center

Please send us your questions and comments.

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From ag-pr@agpr.com Sat Feb 24 00:35:58 EST 1996
Article: 4815 of alt.agriculture.misc
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From: "Warren E. Clark" <ag-pr@agpr.com>
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture,alt.sustainable.agriculture,alt.agriculture.misc
Subject: Serious Ag Hedgers Only
Date: 16 Feb 1996 17:49:36 GMT
Organization: Clark Consulting International, Inc.
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A free "Ag Futures Trading Calendar" with all the important government 
report dates is being offered by Packers Trading Company, Inc.
You may request a copy from the e-mail link on their web site...

http://www.agfutures.com


Or, you may send an e-mail message to:

looking@agfutures.com



From ghegyes@nalusda.gov Wed Jun 15 23:53:13 1994
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 22:52:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabriel Hegyes <ghegyes@nalusda.gov>
To: SANET-mg <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: New Gopher Info -- AgWasteDatabase (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 09:40:20 CDT
From: James Murray <James.Murray@ACENET.AUBURN.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list AGRIC-L <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: New Gopher Info -- AgWasteDatabase

Dear Colleagues,
        Demand for information on efficient and environmentally sound
ways of managing and using agricultural wastes is growing. In response
to this need, Auburn University College of Agriculture and the Alabama
Cooperative Extension Service, with support from the Tennessee Valley
Authority, have developed a comprehensive, Agricultural Waste Database.
The Ag Waste Database system provides an up-to-date, exhaustive listing
of research-based published works on the management, disposal and
productive use of agricultural wastes, and on the use of industrial and
municipal wastes in agriculture. The service is available to anyone
seeking information on scientific, economic, practical, environmental,
or legal aspects of agriculture-related wastes. The database is
continually updated and is unique in its focus, filling a need not
covered by any other database or reference service.

To access this database on gopher select:
        Other Gopher Servers
          Extension Sites
            Extension Service, USDA
              Information Servers -- Cooperative Extension System (CES)
                Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (Auburn Univ.)
                  Agriculture & Natural Resources
                    Agricultural Waste Database

        If you have any questions or comments, please email myself or my
colleague, Jeff Hibbert.

Jeff Hibbert                    James Murray
jhibbert@acenet.auburn.edu      jmurray@acenet.auburn.edu

Article 1594 of sci.agriculture:
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From: agrigator@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu (UF/IFAS AgriGator)
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
Subject: ANNOUNCE: AgriGator = agriculture, etc.
Message-ID: <1994Sep11.135442.5314@tower>
Date: 11 Sep 94 13:54:42 -0500
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 ANNOUNCE:         AgriGator = agriculture, etc...
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 The Computer Network of the Institute of Food and   AGRIcultural 
 Sciences  (IFAS), at  the  University  of Florida  (GATORs), 
 announces the  availability of a new  WWW  server, "AgriGator".

 The URL for the IFAS Computer Network AgriGator is:

              http://GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU/WWW/AGATOR_HOME.HTM

 In addition to providing information about the University of Florida, the
 Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and different types of "Gators", 

 there is an EXTENSIVE LIST OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES FOUND WORLDWIDE. Other

 topics are also available (biotechnology, space, weather, environment and
 the "funny farm") and new ones are still under development and will be added
 later. Come visit the AgriGator swamp as it is being built. 

                Any additions and/or corrections to the
                - - - AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE LIST - - -
                     are welcome and appreciated.

 Also,

 The URL for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences home page is: 

                    http://GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU/

 The URL for the University of Florida home page is:

                      http://WWW.UFL.EDU/


 Visit all these sites to see what is going on in "Gator" country.

 p.s. Have you ever seen a gator that weights more than half a ton? 
      If you look around the AgriGator you can find a picture of it.



From gjuvik@nalusda.gov Thu May 25 10:41:04 EDT 1995
Article: 6497 of bionet.plants
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From: Gail Juvik <gjuvik@nalusda.gov>
Newsgroups: bionet.plants
Subject: Announcing: New AGIS WWW Server
Date: 19 May 1995 16:03:14 GMT
Organization: USDA-ARS-NAL
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Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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X-URL: news:bionet.plants

The Agricultural Genome Information Servers (WWW and gopher) have been
completely overhauled.

What's New? - Basically everything.  All server software has been
updated and moved to a newer, faster machine.  Data resources have
been updated and new information has been added.  Documentation has
been greatly enhanced.  The organization of the servers has been
changed to make it easier to find the information you are looking
for.  Data formatting is also much improved.

A brief summary of the information you will find on the servers:

Databases include information on: Arabidopsis, common bean and
soybean, Chlamydomonas, cotton, small grains (wheat, barley, etc.), maize,
rice, tomato, potato, pepper, sorghum, forest trees, C. elegans, Mycobacteria,
and human 21 and X.  Also included is Mendel, the database from the Commission
on Plant Gene Nomenclature.

Many links to WWW data resources (e.g. sequence and germplasm databases) have
been added to these databases.

Searching can be done by WAIS, agrep (fuzzy searching), and ACeDB queries.
---
A full complement of ACeDB documentation.
---
Electronic newsletter, journals, and other publications including: Plant Genome
I,II, & III meeting abstracts, Weeds World, the Rice Genetics Newsletter,
Report of the Tomato Genetic Cooperative, the National Animal Genome Resources
Program Newsletter, and the announcement for the new peer-reviewed electronic
journal, The Journal of Quantiative Trait Loci.
---
A Tools section which contains tools not found elsewhere.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please feel free to come and poke around.  If you haven't visited in 
awhile you might want to check back to see what's new.  The What's New
page will always include any updates/changes to the servers.

To reach these servers:

World Wide Web:  http://probe.nalusda.gov/   [*preferred*]
[NOTE: If you do not have a WWW browser, but have telnet capability,
then you can use our lynx, text-based browser.  Telnet to probe.nalusda.gov
and use the login "lynx" (no quotes) and just hit return at the Password
prompt.  You MUST use vt100 terminal emulation in order to use lynx.  Also,
lynx has been modified so that you can only browse our WWW server along
with a few related servers.]

Gopher: probe.nalusda.gov 

Anonymous Ftp: probe.nalusda.gov

Comments can be sent to feedback@probe.nalusda.gov
Requests for help can be sent to help@probe.nalusda.gov

Genome Informatics Group
USDA, National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville, MD  20705



From thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.eduSun Feb 11 15:16:34 1996
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 08:20:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Hodges <thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
To: sdn05564@sdn.dk
Cc: ecol-agric@mailbase.ac.uk
Subject: Re: internet=(ecol-agric@mailbase.ac.uk.)

Here is my list:
Name     address                       subscribe

sustag-l sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu  listproc@listproc.wsu.edu
mgarden  mgarden@listproc.wsu.edu     listproc@listproc.wsu.edu
agmodels-l  agmodels-l@unl.edu        listserv@unl.edu
soils-l     soils-l@unl.edu               "
trickle-l   trickle-l@unl.edu             "
salinity-l  salinity-l@unl.edu            "
ecol-agric ecol-agric@mailbase.ac.ul  listserv@mailbase.ac.uk
dssat    dssat@uga.cc.uga.edu         listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu
peanut-l peanut-l@uga.cc.uga.edu      listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu
devel-l  devel-l@listserv.american.edu  listserv@listserv.american.edu
intdev-l intdev-l@uriacc.uri.edu      listserv@uriacc.uri.edu
agric-l  agric-l@uga.cc.uga.edu       listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu
precise-agri  precise-agri@@Soils.Umn.EDu try almanac or majordomo@...
biosys   uni.zeri.ibs@caren.net       majordomo@caren.net
ipm-mg   ipm-mg@ces.ncsu.edu          almanac@ces.ncsu.edu
sanet-mg sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu        almanac@ces.ncsu.edu
irrigation-l irrigation-l@vm.gmd.de   listserv@vm.gmd.de
graze-l  graze-l@taranake.ac.nz       listserv#taranake.ac.nz
graze-it-mg@oes.orst.edu              almanac@oes.orst.edu
haylist@wisplan.uwex.edu              almanac@wisplan.uwex.edu
direct-mkt direct-mkt@reeusda.gov     majordomo@reeusda.gov
BIOCONTROL-L biocontrol-l@ftpt.br     listserv@ftpt.br
chrm-general@igc.apc.org Majordomo@igc.apc.org  Holistic Res. Manage.

WWD-L weeds of the world - contact maiser@plants.ox.ac.uk)

The following lists all have the same address at @listproc.wsu.edu, I
found them by sending the message: lists  to:listproc@listproc.wsu.edu
Any listproc or listserv will return names of all its lists in response
to such a message.  I have no idea how active these are.  To get a list
of subscribers (sustag-l has about 380), send the message: review LISTNAME
to: listproc@listproc.wsu.edu or to another listserver for other lists.

beef-l   beef-l@listproc.wsu.edu     listproc@listproc.wsu.edu
sustag-l    principles of sustainable agriculture
envilit     environmental literacy
d-mgt       dairy management
pnwvets     Pacific Northwest Veteranarians
compost     Home Composting
natfood-l   Native American Foods
water-l     Water Quality, Non-point pollution
goats       Goat Management
bugnet      Integrated Insect Management

Also try the USENET groups:
alt.sustainable.agriculture
sci.agriculture
sci.agriculture.beekeeping
bionet.plants

Other suggestions are always welcome and of course corrections.

Tom Hodges, Cropping Systems Modeler 
USDA-ARS                   email: thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu          
24106 N Bunn Road          voice: 509-786-9207
Prosser, WA 99350 USA      Fax:   509-786-9370, 509-786-9277
==         HomePage http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/htmls/hodges       ==
==          ## Rent this space for your HomePage ##               ==
If this represents anything, it is only my opinion.


On Sun, 11 Feb 1996 sdn05564@sdn.dk wrote:

> 
> 
> Dear all
> Does anybody know other lists concerning agriculture and ecology/biodiversity.
> Thanks Niels
> 
From mjohnson@ccinet.ab.ca Sun Jun 18 22:59:33 EDT 1995
Article: 18671 of misc.rural
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From: mjohnson@ccinet.ab.ca (Marilyn Johnson)
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Alberta Agriculture on the Web
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:01:43 -0600
Organization: InfoHarvest
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Message-ID: <mjohnson-1606951601430001@mjohnson.ccinet.ab.ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host: mjohnson.ccinet.ab.ca

The Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development  for the
province of Alberta, Canada, has launched a new Web page designed to
deliver their information.  It is running as a pilot under the name of
PROJECT BARLEY.

Project Barley will run for eight weeks.  You are invited to visit the
site and provide feedback on the service. 
Project Barley can be reached at:
http://www.gov.ab.ca/~agric

Comments can be sent to:
 duke@agric.gov.ab.ca

Thanks for visiting Alberta Agriculture.

-- 
Marilyn Johnson
InfoHarvest Inc.
mjohnson@ccinet.ab.ca


From steve@newhomes.demon.co.uk Sat Mar 25 22:22:05 EST 1995
Article: 579 of alt.housing.nontrad
Newsgroups: alt.housing.nontrad
From: steve@newhomes.demon.co.uk (steve)
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Subject: Alternative Housing Archive on WWW
Organization: None
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Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk

Hi!
I'm an Independent Study student specialising in Unorthodox Housing 
Solutions. My project for the next academic year is to set up the 
Alternative Housing Archive on WWW.
The URL is below and I'd welcome comments, suggestions, 
contributions, contacts etc..
I'd like to include small photos at a later stage, can anyone tell me 
how to grab still frames from video and convert them to .gifs?

Post replies to this group or Email me direct.

Thanks!

Steve
 
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From admin@webdirectory.com Fri Sep  8 00:40:58 EDT 1995
Article: 7953 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: Webmaster <admin@webdirectory.com>
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory!  http://www.webdirectory.com
Date: 5 Sep 1995 19:21:39 GMT
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From DawnSingh@aol.com Wed Jun 15 23:06:23 1994
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 22:52:54 EDT
From: DawnSingh@aol.com
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Is there a faq?; book recommendations

Thanks for sending your e-mail regarding faqs. The American Garden Newsletter
reviews garden books and interviews authors.  It is free of charge and is not
affiliated with any organization.   To subscribe or correspond, send your
e-mail address to:  DawnSingh@aol.com

If applicable, please include me on your list of information providers.

Thanks.

Dawn

From RFDAVIS@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Mon Jun 12 11:03:26 EDT 1995
Article: 6744 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: RFDAVIS@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (Richard F. Davis)
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: Re: Interested in a PHYTOPATHOLOGY group
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 95 12:16:51 EDT
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In article <1995Jun7.151950.25042@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de>
nhpfkras@rrzn-user.uni-hannover.de () writes:
 
>Hello,
>are you interested in phytopathology?
>
> If so, is there already a usenet news group exsisting, which covers this field? If so, then please contact me via e-mail.
>
> If not,
> are you interested in such a group?
>
> In my opinion this (new) group should cover all aspects of phytopathology, e. g.:
> diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, pests caused by insects, host-parasite-interactions, pest management, integrated crop protection and
>production, molecular biology of diseases and plant resistance, detection of pathogens by modern techn˙
>iques, acquired resistance, yield losses due to diseases and pests, transgenic plants, plant health....
> and many more topics. This enumaration is NOT complete, other topics (not mentioned here) should be included.
>
> It should be a group open to all questions and discussion in phytopathology. It also would give scientists the possibilty to contact each other and
>to exchange their ideas.
>
> So, what is your opinion?
> If you think, that such a group should exsist in the future then contact me via e-mail or send a reply. I will collect all comments, remarks, hints
>and questions.
> If many of you are interested, then I will try to create such a group in the internet. In this case I will inform you in time.
>
> Hope for many comments
> with best wishes
> T. Kraska
>
The American Phytopathological Society has a WWW site at
http://www.scisoc.org/.  It still has some development left to be done,
but parts of it are up and running.
 


From pgiese@gold.tc.umn.eduWed Jul 12 16:41:27 1995
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 15:54:46 -0500
From: Paula Giese <pgiese@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu
To: indknow@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Anasazi culture

>Can anyone recommend a good book dealing with the Anasazi?  

There is an Anasazi web page which of course now answering my mail I can't 
see the address of.  However, if you want to go to my web pages I point 
to...not quite it, but a Maya page by the same author.

My pages are "Web Pages & Other Computer Resources for Indian Teachers and 
students" on the Fond du Lac Tribal college server,

http://www.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/

This is a home & what's new page, with a clickbutton to main menu. Scroll 
dsown main menu to Maya page. On that page near the bottom you'll find 
something about a "dig in Belize" this summer, and the first journals of the 
participants. The *same guy* has an anasazi page, in othr words if you can 
"get back" to his home page, you can find it. But you can send him email 
anyway, he seems to be very big on Anasazi.  Even if I could open my 
bookmark file now, I dunno if I could find it vry fast, it's so loaded at 
the moment.
+______________________________________________________________+
|   ,__,  (*  Who? whoooo?   | Eniwek gaye nin, ko-ko-ko-koooo,| 
|   (0;0)                    | Ningosa nejike wubinanin....    |
|  ((\ /))   Paula Giese     | But Owl felt sorry for me.      | 
|==`\w=w/'==                 | Gave me her name. So I no longer|
| pgiese@gold.tc.umn.edu     | Fear her, when I'm alone.       |
*--------------------------------------------------------------*
From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduTue Sep  5 13:43:51 1995
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 07:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture <sustag-l@listproc.wsu.edu>
Subject: Subscription (fwd)

[You are subscribed.  TH, moderator]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 95 17:18:15 EDT
From: janet melton <JEMELT0@UKCC.uky.edu>
To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu
Subject: Subscription

Hello!  I am coordinator of the AppalFor, Appalachian Forestry project.  I am
interested in joining your group, as it seems a valuable resource to all
working in the area of sustainable agriculture.  Please email info on sub-
scription, along with any additional info that might be of help.  I am
currently working on setting up a gopher site (also called AppalFor) and
preparing to post a home page on the WWW.  I am working for the Univerity
of Kentucky's Dept. of Forestry, and we have encountered a question that we
would like to post, and welcome all comments, dealing with Canadian "Virtually
wild ginseng" that is being cultivated on Appalachian soils.  Would this be
possible on Sustag-Principles?  All info appreciated, thank you.
ps- all are welcome to browse our (small) new gopher, available through the
Environmental Sub-Tree...all suggestions welcome!
From wmb5@psu.edu Fri Jul 22 21:24:12 1994
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 17:57:14 -0500
From: William Bode <wmb5@psu.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Cc: wrdennig@cruzio.com
Subject: Aquaculture

About two weeks ago someone requested information on tilapia and aquaculture.
Today I found the following on the Purdue University Gopher which I thought
might be of interest.

Accessing Aquaculture Information Through the
Aquaculture Network Information Center
 (AquaNIC)

LaDon Swann
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Department of Animal Sciences
Purdue University


What is AquaNIC
AquaNIC is a gateway to the world's electronic resources in
aquaculture.  AquaNIC is maintained at Purdue University in
West Lafayette, Indiana and is supported by The Libraries of
Purdue University, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service,
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, the
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, and the United States
Department of Agriculture Extension Service.


Accessing AquaNIC
AquaNIC uses a Gopher server located in The Libraries of Purdue
University and is linked to an Almanac server in Purdue University
Cooperative Extension Service.  There are four methods that can be
used to access information.  Each method depends on the
capabilities at your location.  (Information necessary to access
AquaNIC is provided below.)  If you do not have the capability to
access AquaNIC directly, contact your local Cooperative Extension
Service or Sea Grant Office.

GOPHER

If your institution has a Gopher server, AquaNIC can be accessed
directly.  First, you must find Gopher servers in the United
States.  AquaNIC is located at Purdue University, located in
Indiana.  Once you are at Purdue University go to the Libraries of
Purdue University.  AquaNIC is located under the heading of
Scholarly Databases.

TELNET

AquaNIC can be accessed by people with a connection to the Internet
through telneting to The Libraries of Purdue University.   This is
accomplished by telenetting to:

thorplus.lib.purdue.edu

When the connection is established you will be prompted to login.
At the login prompt type:

cwis (this must be lower case letters)

You will then be prompted for a password. There is no password, so
press return. The first screen contains a list of 16 menu items.
AquaNIC is located in the menu:

Scholarly Databases

To move around the menus, follow the instructions at the bottom of
the screen.  Once in a document, use the spacebar to go down one
page at a time.  To exit a document, type the letter "Q" for quit
then press the return key.  This sequence will take you back to the
previous menu.  Information can be mailed to your e-mail address by
going to the end of the document and entering m for mail.

MOSAIC

Mosaic is a network-based hypermedia gopher interface.  Mosaic is
gaining in popularity because of the ability to view inline images.
AquaNIC can be accessed through the Libraries of Purdue University.

The address is:
gopher://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu:70/11/databases/AquaNIC


MODEM

AquaNIC can be accessed using one of Purdue University's fifty
14,400 baud per second (bps) modems.  It is not necessary for the
caller to also have a 14,400 bps, but slower modems mean slower
communications.  Regardless of the modem used, your communication
software must be set as follows:

Phone number 317-496-1440
Data bits = 8
Parity = none
Stop bits = 1

When settings are made, number called and connection made, you will
be prompted for username.  Type your name.

Next, enter:
connect thorplus.lib.purdue.edu

At the login prompt type:
cwis

You will then be prompted for a password. There is no password so
press return. The first screen contains a list of 16 menu items.
AquaNIC is located in the menu:

Scholarly Databases

Information can be mailed to your e-mail address by going to the
end of the document and entering m for mail. If you do not have an
e-mail address but do have a modem follow the instructions provided
when the shift and d keys are pressed.


ALMANAC

AquaNIC information can be requested by e-mail using Almanac.  Use
the e-mail address:

almanac@ecn.purdue.edu

In the body of the text leave a blank line then type the following
line exactly as provided:

send aquanic catalog

A catalog will be sent to your email address.  Single or multiple
document requests can be made by following the instructions in the
catalog.


AquaNIC Contents

AquaNIC is a multi-branched directory containing a wide variety of
information. Most documents can either be viewed on your computer
monitor, downloaded via modem, or a hard copy sent to your e-mail
address.  AquaNIC also contains an image directory that holds
hundreds of pictures, short videos, and slides in a variety of
common image formats. (A long term object is to use AquaNIC as a
medium for on-line interactive media use by county Cooperative
Extension Service field staff.)

One of AquaNIC's unique features is that it is linked to several
other aquaculture databases on the Internet. These links are
established for you when another aquaculture database is selected.
The directory structure of AquaNIC is given below.

1. About AquaNIC
2. Search e-mail addresses
3. Search titles
4. Search text
5. Publications
 a. USDA Regional Aquaculture Centers
    1. Extension Publications
    2. Technical Reports
    3. Annual Progress Reports
 b. Federal Government Reports
 c. State Extension or Sea Grant Publications
6. Newsletters
 a. USDA Regional Aquaculture Centers
 b. National Association of State Aquaculture Coordinators
 c. State
7. Other Aquaculture Information ON the Internet
8. Other Aquaculture Information NOT ON the Internet
9. E-mail Directory of U.S. Aquaculture Contacts
10. E-mail Directory of International Aquaculture Contacts
11. Calendar of Events
12. News Flashes
13. Images
14. Job Announcements


Searching AquaNIC Information

Information in AquaNIC may be searched three ways using a search
engine called "jughead."  A title search will search for any word
that appears in the title of a document. This method is a good
general search method. A full-text search will search for any
keyword in the text of a document.

Full-text searches using the word aquaculture for example may
provide hundreds of "hits".  Therefore, the search should be
specific. Searches can be narrowed by using more that one keyword.
For example, using "aquaculture and Indiana and Illinois and
goldfish" would instruct the computer to list only entries that
contain all four key words.  The search engine recognizes the
separators: and, or and not

The last keyword search mechanism is for e-mail addresses.  When a
search for e-mail addresses is conducted use as much of the
person's name as possible.


Who to Contact for More Information

AquaNIC is a flexible electronic information center that is
intended to be responsive to the needs of its customers.  If you
have information that you would like to include or have questions
regarding AquaNIC contact:


Mark Einstein
meinstei@hub.ansc.purdue.edu
voice: 317-494-4862
fax:   317-494-9346

or

LaDon Swann
lswann@hub.ansc.purdue.edu.
voice: 317-494-6264
fax:   317-494-9347


William Bode (wmb5@psu.edu)
Entomology Dept., Penn State University
501 ASI Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
voice: 814-863-1854  fax: 814-865-3048


gopher://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu:70/11/databases/AquaNIC
From cliff@watson.ibm.com Sat Apr 15 23:44:47 EDT 1995
Article: 22785 of sci.bio
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From: cliff@watson.ibm.com (cliff)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Website: Art from Biology
Date: 12 Apr 1995 13:46:23 GMT
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The following webpage has been recently updated with many new images
inspired by fossil seashells and coral,
and the homepage runs more quickly than in previous versions.
Check out the image called "From the X-Files"!

There are additional eerie and unusual computer-generated images
for you to enjoy.

The homepage is at
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/home.htm
I'd be interested in hearing if the homepage works for you.

Regards, Cliff Pickover     


From igg@intrepid.netThu Nov 23 23:12:21 1995
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 08:01:38 -0500
From: Intergalactic Garage <igg@intrepid.net>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Biodyn Farm

This and other great books on Bio-Dynamic farming are available from the
Bio-Dynamic Association of America in Kimberton PA.

Hopefully  :-) by this Monday I will have their WWW page installed at
http:www.his.com/~claymont/bda.html

A comprehensive book list will be  available as well as 'official' essays
such as "What is BIODYNAMICS" and "HOW TO STORE THE BD PREPS"

Thanks!
-Allan Balliett


===============================================================
>For those interested in a comprehensive, english-language compendium of the
>practices used in Bio-Dynamic Farming, consult the well written (english
>translation of:
>                        BIO-DYNAMIC FARMING PRACTICE
>
>                written by agriculturalist Fritz Sattler and
>                           Eckard von Wistinghausen, Ph.D. Sci. Agr.
>
>                Originally published in 1989 by Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co.,
>                Stuttgart, Germany
>
>        Re-published in English by Bio-Dynamic Agricultural Association
>                Goethean House, Woodman Lane, Clent, Stourbridge,
>                West Midlands, DY9 9PX, UK
>
>                Translated by A.R. Meuss 1992

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From adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu Sun Nov  6 23:29:21 EST 1994
Article: 954 of sci.agriculture.beekeeping
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From: adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Adam Finkelstein)
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture.beekeeping
Subject: B.Mail 11/94
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====================================================
 
B.MAIL
 
A monthly newsletter on issues and events in the bee world, provided
by IBRA, the world information service for bee science and beekeeping.
 
November 1994
 
====================================================
 
Welcome again to B.mail.
 
A brief note for those of you who are seeing this column for the first
time.  B.mail will announce meetings (mostly international or otherwise
major ones) and new publications that are of interest to scientists and
beekeepers, as well as reporting current events and discussing topics
that are relevant at the moment. What B.mail is NOT is another bulletin
board, for people to chat and air their views.  It is simply a reference
point, with sources of further information identified for those who want
to know more.
 
That's our statement of purpose: and don't worry, you won't see it
here every month.
 
RESISTANT VARROA?
 
This edition looks at the issue of mite resistance to acaricides,
especially varroa's reported resistance to fluvalinate.  Those of you
who follow only the English language literature might not be aware of
the wealth of discussion on this issue, some informed and some, well,
not so informed.  The issue was first thoroughly aired in Italy, where
after some years of varroa treatment with fluvalinate a decrease in
efficacy was noted.  (Some of the reports talk about treatment with,
and resistance to, Apistan.  Most of the treatment was with home-
made remedies such as plywood strips soaked in an agricultural
preparation of fluvalinate, and of course any resistance is to the
chemical and not a product).
 
The beekeeping press in Europe has discussed this issue a lot, with
headlines ranging from the strident ('Resistances a l'Apistan? Danger!!')
to the pensive ('Resistenza della varroa all'Apistan...ma siamo propio
sicuri?').
 
Probably the first report in English on this is 'Possible presence of
fluvalinate-resistant strains of varroa in northern Italy' by Norberto
Milani in the  publication 'New perspectives on varroa', fresh off the
presses at IBRA (see below).  Dr Milani tells me that he will be
publishing a fuller research paper in English soon.
 
GAINING NEW PERSPECTIVES
 
In eastern Europe, the former Soviet-bloc countries, varroa has been a
fact of beekeeping life for more than 25 years. The barriers which kept
us from sharing in this experience have now gone, and we can learn
>from  colleagues in that part of the world much more easily.  With
funding from a European Commission programme IBRA organized a
specialist workshop on varroa research, involving about 40 scientists
>from  countries in eastern and central Europe, the European Union and
other parts of western Europe.
 
The results of this workshop are now out. New perspectives on varroa
will bring readers up to date with what's happening in European varroa
research and beekeeping practice, with contributions from 18
countries.
 
Four review papers look at interactions between varroa and pathogens,
breeding honey bees tolerant of varroa, control methods actually and
potentially in use, and the impact of this parasite on beekeeping.
 
Twenty-five technical articles are organized into five sections: varroa
biology, honey bee susceptibility, chemical control, other control
methods, and the issues that varroa poses for beekeeping.  There are
also reports from discussion groups on current concerns and plans for
future research.
 
Many topics important for the future of varroa and beekeeping are
under discussion in Europe. Breeding resistant bees, the role of
secondary pathogens, non-chemical control, using plant oils and heat
treatment against varroa; problems with fluvalinate resistance;
developing new chemical controls - are all covered in this volume.
 
SYMPOSIUM: 'WORLD TRADE IN BEES AND BEE PRODUCTS'
 
There are at present exciting developments in the trade of bee products
and bees. The concern of honey producers in some countries about
cheap imports, the growth in international trade in live bees, and the
effects of the recent Gatt round are matters of interest for beekeepers
everywhere.
 
To promote informed debate about these issues IBRA is organizing a
symposium at the 34th international apicultural congress in Lausanne,
Switzerland. 'World trade in bees and bee products' will take place as
part of the congress programme, on Wednesday 16 August 1995.
 
Invited speakers from all around the world will present up-to-date
information and views on current and likely future patterns in
international trade in honey, beeswax, other bee products and live
bees.  There will be the opportunity for contributed poster
presentations.
 
SIXTH IBRA CONFERENCE ON TROPICAL BEES: MANAGEMENT AND
DIVERSITY
 
13-19 August 1996, San Jose Costa Rica
 
The next conference in IBRA's series on bees and apiculture in tropical
climates is being organized by IBRA and hosted by the Universidad
Nacional Costa Rica. A range of interesting and topical themes is being
selected for conference sessions, and the first announcement with
these details will be available at the beginning of 1995.
 
Contact: Sixth IBRA Conference on Tropical Bees, 18 North Road,
Cardiff CF1 3DY, UK.
 
MORE ON TROPICAL BEES AND BEEKEEPING
 
The papers presented at the last IBRA conference on tropical apiculture
(Trinidad and Tobago, 1992) are available in the conference
proceedings.  These contributions come from a wide range of
backgrounds and are a valuable source of information on beekeeping in
the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
 
There are sessions on honey bee management, Africanized honey bees,
stingless bees, honey bees and the environment, the biology and
behaviour of tropical bees, and bee parasites, pests and diseases.
 
ONE MORE MEETING
 
A meeting with a difference, a British institution in fact.  The national
honey show attracts entries from all over the UK, as well as Ireland and
a few from further afield (like the Caribbean).  Apart from the show and
judging there is a sizeable trade exhibition and a lecture programme
over the three days of the event.
 
After a few peripatetic years the honey show has found a home in the
new Kensington Town Hall in London, and a fixed date in late
November (this year Thursday 24 - Saturday 26).  If you're in the area
at the time call in!
 
THAT'S IT
 
Send your news to us; we can't guarantee to use it, but it will help to
keep this spot topical.  (Our contacts are listed at the end of this
newsletter).
 
Andrew Matheson
Director
 
Return address:
E.mail: ibra@cardiff.ac.uk
Fax: (+44) 1222-665522
Telephone: (+44) 1222-372409
Snailmail: 18 North Road, Cardiff CF1 3DY, UK

-- 
 _________________________________________________________________________
  Adam Finkelstein    adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu | adamf@hopper.itc.virginia.edu
 ___________________________________________|_____________________________


From llengnic@asrr.arsusda.govWed Mar  8 12:02:57 1995
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 09:53:22 -0500 (EST)
From: llengnic@asrr.arsusda.gov
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: BARC Sustainable Ag. News

The Sustainable Agriculture Program at the Beltsville 
Agriculture Research
Center, Beltsville, Maryland, publishes an informal newsletter that reports
on sustainable agriculture research and demonstration activities at the
center.  The newsletter is distributed primarily to center researchers, as
well as to off-site cooperators in the program.

Staff from the National Agricultural Library's Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center suggested that the newsletter might be of interest to
SANNETers.  

This post includes the first newletter (from Sept. 1993) which gives a 
background on the BARC programs, and the most recent issue (Feb. 1995).
In the future, the BARC Sustainable Agriculture News will be posted as
published.

Any questions, commments, suggestions or encouraging words are appreciated
and can be sent via email to Laura Lengnick llengnic@asrr.arsusda.gov

If you have a specific question about a project, please call the project
coordinator. Phone numbers are listed in the body of the newsletter.  The
area code for Beltsville is 301.

-------------------------------------------

Sustainable Agriculture News 
A Roundup of Sustainable Agriculture Activities at BARC
September 1993

This is the first issue of the Sustainable Agriculture News, an occasional
newsletter reporting on sustainable agriculture activities at BARC.  The
News is compiled by Laura Lengnick, Soil Microbial Systems Laboratory. 

Sustainable Agriculture at BARC
   
   The effort to develop a sustainable agriculture program at BARC was
formally initiated with the naming of the Task Force on Sustainable
Agriculture Research at Beltsville in 1990.  The Task Force was charged
with delineating opportunities for BARC to become more involved in
research on sustainable agriculture.  This group (chaired by Don Bills,
PQDI) put out a report detailing 27 specific proposals for new research
programs in sustainable agriculture. 
   Besides identifying new research opportunities, the Task Force
concluded that BARC is an ideal location for the demonstration of
sustainable agriculture practices, because of its international standing
as a research institution and its proximity to federal policy makers. 
   As a result of the Task Force's work, in 1992 the Sustainable
Agriculture Project Coordinating Committee (co-chaired by Don Bills, PQDI
and Jim Anderson, WSI) was appointed to coordinate plans for research and
demonstration sites in agronomy (field crops), horticulture, and waste
utilization. 
   The field crops demonstration site was established in the Fall of 1992
on 17 acres at the South Farm.  It features treatments that compare
conventional practices with those that employ minimum cultivation, reduced
application of pesticides, and substitution of animal manure and legumes
for chemical fertilizers.  Data on economic costs, soil and plant
characteristics and crop yields will be collected for each system.  John
Teasdale, Weed Science Lab, is coordinating this project. 
   The field crops research site was established in early 1993 on 40 acres
at the corner of Edmonston and Beaver Dam Roads on BARC-East.  This
project will study the short- and long-term effects of sustainable and
conventional production practices on biological, environmental, and
economic aspects of field crop production in the Middle Atlantic states. 
The project involves three major cropping systems: sustainable with
animals, sustainable cash grain, and conventional cash grain.  Cooperating
scientists will compare soil quality, pest management, plant growth and
profitability in the three systems. This project includes an initial
two-year period of site characterization.  During this phase of the
project, soil and crop variability will be assessed using conventional
methods, remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
technology.  Laura Lengnick, Soil Microbial Systems Lab, is coordinating
this project. 
   The horticultural sustainable agriculture program aims to develop
systems that reduce the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, find
substitutes for the use of plastic mulches, decrease erosion, improve soil
quality, and incorporate germplasm compatible with sustainability.  The
research emphasizes profitability, protection of the environment, and the
safety and quality of consumer products.  Aref Abdul-Bakki, Vegetable Lab,
is coordinating this project. 
   Finally, preliminary planning of a new waste management initiative is
underway.  Plans have been developed for research in and demonstration of
the use of rural, urban, domestic, and industrial wastes (as mixed waste
composts) in sustainable agriculture systems to enhance soil quality and
as an alternative to other organic amendments.  This research will focus
on eliminating waste disposal problems while benefitting agriculture.  Pat
Millner, Soil Microbial Systems Lab, is coordinating this project. 

Project Updates

This section includes an update of recent activities in the BARC
sustainable agriculture projects and general plans for the near future. 
Any questions about project activities or opportunities for collaboration
should be directed to the project coordinators. 

Field Crops Demonstration

This project demonstrates management practices for reduction of tillage,
fertilizer, and pesticide inputs in contrast with conventional practices. 
Animal manures and legumes are substituted for fertilizers and cultivation
or cover crops are substituted for herbicides.  Tillage treatments include
no-till, minimum-till and plow-till.  Treatments are applied to a two year
corn-barley-soybean rotation on 1/3 acre plots with 4 replications. 
   Corn was planted on May 27 and a good stand was established in most
plots.  The drought in June and July left the corn stunted at tasselling
but August rains will assure harvestable grain this fall. 
   Barley was harvested on June 25.  The highest yield of 65 bu/A (close
to the Maryland state average) was achieved in the plow-till/commercial
fertilizer treatment.  All no-till treatments and all reduced input
treatments yielded approximately half that of the best treatment. 
   No-till soybeans were planted into barley stubble of the conventional
treatments on July 8.  An acceptable stand was established in the no-till
(low barley yields) plots but there was very poor establishment in the
plow-till (high barley yields) plots. Apparently there was only sufficient
soil moisture for one good crop in this droughty year. 
   Red clover was overseeded into the reduced input barley plots in April. 
A good stand of clover was established in most plots and will be harvested
for hay this month. 
   Weed bank samples were taken prior to planting corn. These data will be
used to monitor weed populations over years as well as to determine weed
control requirements. Call John Teasdale, Weed Science Laboratory
(504-5504), if you have any questions or comments about this project. 

  
                                    
                     Waste Utilization Demonstration

   Six potential sites for the waste utilization demonstration project
were inspected at BARC during July and August.  Composite soil samples
were taken and analyzed for micronutrients to determine if deficiencies or
excesses were present. 
   Discussions of the types of wastes and the application rates to be used
in the demonstration are underway.  The present design is one repetition
of 5 to 8 wastes or waste mixtures applied at low and moderate rates.  It
is expected that the demonstration site will be established with the
planting of a 1993 fall crop. Call Larry Sikora, Soil Microbial Systems
Lab (504-9384), if you have any questions or comments about this project. 

Horticultural Crops Research

   Under the horticultural program, alternative production practices that
reduce off- farm chemical inputs (herbicides, pesticides, plastic mulches,
and synthetic fertilizers) through the use of cover crop mulches are being
developed. There are a number of ongoing projects in the sustainable
horticulture program:  (1) Winter annual mulches- hairy vetch, crimson
clover, and red clover, alone or in combination with rye, are being
compared with plastic mulches and bare soil in a fresh-market tomato
production system.  A comparison of no-till and conventional till is also
being conducted with selected treatments.  The annual mulch treatments
receive one-half of the N input of the other treatments.  Yield, fruit
quality, earliness, and production costs will be assessed;  (2) N response
of tomatoes under winter annual mulches- fertilizer N requirements of
fresh-market tomatoes under vetch and black plastic mulches are being
compared in replicated plots with 4 N application levels (0, 50, 100, 150
lb. N/acre);  (3) Use of winter annual mulches in fresh-market vegetable
production-a variety of annual mulches are compared with plastic mulches
and bare soil in fresh market production of peppers, eggplants,
strawberries, and processing tomatoes. Yield will be measured; (4) Sweet
corn production under different systems- Sweet corn is being grown under
five production systems differing in tillage and nutrient source: no-till
hairy vetch mulch (0 N addition), no-till crimson clover mulch (0 N
addition), no-till dying red clover mulch (0 N addition), organic (red
clover + 15 tons manure plowed down), and a tilled, conventional system
(commercial fertilizer, 125 lb N/acre). Field establishment, earliness,
yield, and product quality will be assessed. 
   The Vegetable and Fruit Labs are also cooperating in experiments to
test the use of cover crop mulches in the production of strawberries and
the establishment of blueberries and apples. Call Aref Abdul-Bakki,
Vegetable Lab (504-5057), if you have any questions or comments about
these projects. 

Field Crops Research

   The Field Crops research project is in the first few months of a
two-year uniformity trial.  During this period, experimental treatments
will be finalized, data will be collected from three uniformity crops
(silage corn-barley-soybeans), a detailed characterization of the site
will be carried out using remote sensing and soil survey methods, site
characteristics will be compiled in an information GIS data base, and the
data base will be used to locate homogeneous blocks on the 40 acre site. 
Experimental plots are scheduled to be established in the spring of 1995. 
   Characterization of the research site got underway in early June with
the completion of soil survey sampling and planting of no-till corn for
silage.  The drought severely impacted corn growth in June and July and
created marked variation in corn growth throughout the 40 acre site.  Near
infrared aerial photography was acquired during this period as a record of
drought-induced site variability. 
   With the early August rain, corn development resumed, and silage will
likely be harvested late this month.  Yield estimates will be made from
located samples taken on a 25 m grid ( 350 sample points), as well as from
each 0.5 ha subsection of the field.  A no-till barley crop will be
planted following silage harvest.  Initial soil sampling to 90 cm
(subdivided by horizon) on the 25 m grid is scheduled in Nov./Dec. 
Standard chemical analyses will be performed on soil (CEC, pH, P, K, Mg,
base saturation, %C, total N, texture) and plant samples (macro-nutrient
content). 
   GIS efforts will concentrate on creating a database with the yield and
soils data collected from the site, and the digitizing of soil survey
maps, historical aerial photography, and the infrared aerial photography
acquired in April, June, and September of this year. 
   Planning of the major cropping systems to be established at the Field
Crops site is underway.  Finalization of the experimental design is
scheduled for early next year.  Call Laura Lengnick, Soil Microbial
Systems Lab (4-9214) if you have any questions or comments about this
project. 

Sustainable Ag. Bulletin Board

*The BARC Information Office has published a flyer, available to those
taking tours of the station, on the sustainable agriculture projects here
at BARC. 

*J.D. Anderson, WSL, won the Field Crops Demonstration Barley Harvest
Estimation Contest by a landslide.  His estimates deviated from the true
yield by an average of 5 bu/A.  Other contestants deviated by an average
of 9 to 15 bu/A. 

*ASA Special Publication #54, Mycorrhizae in Sustainable Agriculture, is
an up-to- date discussion of the state of mycorrhizae knowledge, and the
potential for the u of mycorrhizae in sustainable agriculture systems. 

--------------------------------------

Sustainable Agriculture News 
A Roundup of Sustainable Agriculture Activities at BARC
February 1995

This News is an informal, occasional publication produced to inform area
researchers about sustainable agriculture programs at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD.  The newsletter is compiled
by Laura Lengnick, Soil Microbial Systems Laboratory. 

Sustainable Agriculture at BARC

 The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) is the site of several
new and on-going field research and demonstration projects in sustainable
agriculture.  Coordinated by a committee consisting of Don Bills, Natural
Resources Institute, Jim Anderson, Weed Science Laboratory, and Tim
Badger, Farm Operations Branch, research and demonstration projects are
underway in the areas of agronomy (field crops), horticulture, and waste
utilization. 
 The field crops demonstration features reduced-tillage treatments that
compare conventional practices with those that employ cover crops, reduced
application of pesticides, and substitution of animal manure and legumes
for chemical fertilizers. 
 The waste utilization project demonstrates the use of rural, urban,
domestic, and industrial wastes (as mixed waste composts) in sustainable
agriculture systems. 
 The horticultural production program aims to develop systems that reduce
the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, find substitutes for the
use of plastic mulches, decrease erosion, improve soil quality, and
incorporate germplasm compatible with sustainability. 
 The field crops research project will study the short- and long-term
effects of sustainable and conventional production practices on
biological, environmental, and economic aspects of field crop production
in the Middle Atlantic states. 
 The BARC sustainable agriculture projects offer an opportunity to conduct
research in a systems-oriented, multidisciplinary, field-scale research
environment.  BARC scientists are encouraged to consider how their
research may be enhanced by cooperation in one or more of the sustainable
programs. 
 
Project Updates

This section includes an update of recent activities in the BARC
sustainable agriculture projects and general plans for the near future. 
Any questions about project activities should be directed to the project
coordinators. 

    Ben Coffman has been named Field Manager of the sustainable
agriculture projects.  Ben is a research agronomist with experience
developing field crop weed management systems that emphasize reduced
tillage and herbicide inputs.  As Field Manager, Ben will be responsible
for coordinating field operations and research activities at the BARC
sustainable agriculture sites. 

Field Crops Demonstration

   An excellent growing season resulted in record corn yields on this site
and throughout Beltsville.  The highest yield of 188 bu/A was obtained
with a no-tillage system with corn preceded by hairy vetch and reduced
fertilizer and herbicide inputs.  The standard no-tillage system was not
significantly different at 180 bu/A.  The organic system with manure and
red clover substituted for fertilizer and cultivation substituted for
herbicides produced 155 bu/A.  Corn yields in this system were limited by
weed competition and poor crop establishment. Competition from weeds also
appeared to reduce yields in the crownvetch living mulch system, which
produced 143 bu/A. 
   A map of soil types at the site is now available.  This map should aid
in the interpretation of treatment differences by providing information
about soil variability. 
   The Systems Research Laboratory is providing an economic analysis of
the different cropping systems.  The Weed Science Laboratory is analyzing
weed population dynamics. 
   There is a need for analysis of nutrient cycling and soil quality in
these plots, as well as a cooperator with an interest in quantifying
environmental consequences, such as soil erosion and pesticide and
nutrient losses, either through direct measurement on site or modeling. 
 
Call John Teasdale, Weed Science Laboratory (504-5504), if you have any 
questions or comments about this project.  

Waste Utilization Demonstration

   In the spring of 1994, two sets of plots were established on the South
Farm to test the effects of organic and inorganic wastes amendments on
corn yield and quality.  Cattle and poultry manure were compared to sewage
sludge compost, crab waste compost, municipal refuse compost, municipal
refuse plus manure compost, yard waste compost, and BARC farm compost
containing plant residues and manure.  A second set of plots were amended
with inorganic wastes such as cement residues, mineral fines from
construction aggregate production in Maryland, New York and Georgia, and
bottom ash from a coal burning power plant. 
    The individual plots were split with 90 Kg N per ha added to half the
organic plots and 60 t of yard waste compost per ha added to half the
inorganic plots.  One plot contained fertilizer alone, split with 90 and
134 Kg N per ha, and two plots were left unamended. 
   Of the organic amendments, sewage sludge compost produced the highest
corn grain yield of about 200 bu/A followed by poultry manure, BARC farm
compost, manure plus municipal refuse compost, cattle manure, yard wastes
compost, crab waste compost and municipal refuse compost which yielded
only 80 bu/A.  The yields for the 94 and 134 Kg N per ha fertilizer plots
were about the same at 200 bu/A.  The unamended plot yielded 80 bu/A. The
addition of N fertilizer increased the yields of the municipal refuse
compost by 90% and crab waste compost by 33%.  The yields from the
remaining organic wastes amendments were increased by 20% or less with the
addition of the N fertilizer. 
   Corn from the municipal refuse plots exhibited N deficiency early in
the season and the final yield was equal to the no amendment treatment. 
With the additional of N or when the refuse was mixed with cattle manure
and composted, N deficiency was not evident and the final yields were near
that of the complete fertilizer. 
   Of the inorganic amendments, cement residue produced the highest corn
grain yield of 111 bu/A.  The lowest yield was 80 bu/A for Maryland
basaltic mineral fines.  The addition of yard waste compost increased
yields 33% for New York glacial outwash mineral fines and less than 5% for
the basaltic mineral fines. 
   In this first year of the study, the data must be considered preliminary
because the plots are not yet replicated.  The data suggest a yield benefit
in blending fertilizer with organic waste or a combining inorganic and
organic waste as a method to utilize wastes that alone are incomplete
fertilizers. 
   Wheat was planted on the plots this fall and will be followed by
soybeans next summer.         

Call Larry Sikora, Soil Microbial Systems Lab (504-9384), if you have any 
questions or comments about this project. 

Horticultural Production Research

   In the fourth consecutive year of field testing on fresh-market tomato
production, the yields in the hairy vetch mulch system were 40% greater
than the conventional polyethylene mulch system and the production costs
were about $800 less per ha.  Likewise, the second year of testing a
number of processing tomato varieties gave similar results. 
   The benefits of using the hairy vetch mulching system were further
confirmed by on-farm research by two private farmers collaborating with
the Sustainable Agriculture Research program here at BARC.  The Starkey's
farm in Galena, MD compared a hairy vetch-rye mulch combination with their
conventional farming practice using polyethylene mulch.  The vetch- rye
mulch out produced the polyethylene by increasing yields by 65%, improving
fruit quality, and extending the harvest season.  Farmer- researcher Norma
Wilson obtained similar results at the Butterfly Hill Products Farm in
Lovettsville, VA.  Comparing a hairy vetch mulch to a polyethylene mulch
in tomatoes under organic management, the hairy vetch mulch increased
yields by 21%, reduced disease pressure late in the season, and extended
the harvest season by 4 weeks. 
   During the 1995 growing season, research will focus on whether any
additional N will be needed by tomatoes grown in the vetch mulch.  Tests
of the vetch mulch system will be expanded to cover other major vegetables
including sweet corn, peppers, snap beans, muskmelons and egg plants. 
Studies will also be initiated to assess differences in stress imposed by
pathogens on tomatoes grown under different cultural practices with the
objective of reducing pesticide applications during the growing season. 
   Details on how to use the hairy vetch mulch system in tomato production
have recently been released by ARS in the ten-page farmers' bulletin
(FB-2279) "Sustainable Production of Fresh-Market Tomatoes with Organic
Mulches." 
  
Call Aref Abdul-Baki, Vegetable Lab 
(504-5057), if you have any questions or comments about these projects. 

                        Field Crops Research

   Characterization work is proceeding well at the project site along
Beaver Dam and Edmonston Roads.  The Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
data base has been constructed and preliminary analyses for site planning
is underway. 
   During the past 18 months researchers from the University of Maryland
and several BARC Labs (RSRL, BPDL, NL, WSL) have cooperated in the effort
to build a GIS data base to support comprehensive geostatistical analyses
of spatial variation in soil characteristics and crop productivity. 
   Soil pedological and chemical properties have been characterized by
sampling to a 1 m depth on a 50 by 75 m grid (50 points) and to a 45 cm
depth on a 25 m square grid (300 points). 
   Spatial variation in crop productivity was investigated by collecting
crop growth and development data in uniformity trial crops on a 25 m
square grid (240 points).  The first two of three planned uniformity crops
(corn/winter wheat/soybean) were unsuccessful as a result of severe
climatic conditions in the summer of 1993 and winter of 1994.  No-till
corn was planted in May 1994.  Ideal weather conditions during the growing
season produced record yields and a unique data set describing variation
in crop productivity across the site. 
   Other data have also been acquired during the characterization period:
color infrared aerial photography of the crop canopy during the 1993 and
1994 growing seasons; a digital elevation model of the site; and, black
and white aerial photography of previous land use on the site during the
period of 1930 to 1960. 
   Planning of the systems to be included in the experiment got underway
with the meeting of a Farmer/Extension planning group in August 1994. 
This group proposed 9 potential cropping systems to be considered as
treatments for the project. Development of experimental treatments will
continue with input from BARC cooperators and a meeting this February of
BARC scientists interested in discussing design options. 
   During 1995, project plans are to complete the baseline
characterization work, finalize the experimental design, and continue to
actively seek cooperators in the Field Crops-Research project. 
Cooperators are especially needed this year to complete the baseline
characterization of soil physical and biological characteristics.  This
year will be the last opportunity for collecting "time zero" data because
research plots are scheduled to be established at the site in the spring
of 1996. 
   Any BARC scientist with an interest in cooperating in the baseline
characterization and/or systems planning is encouraged to contact Laura by
February 10. 
 
Call Laura Lengnick, Soil Microbial Systems Lab (504-8327) if you have any
questions or comments about this project. 

Sustainable Ag. Bulletin Board

*Get Connected!  Anybody with a computer account on ASRR can join the
Sustainable Agriculture Network's (SAN) electronic conference.  This
international newsgroup shares information and ideas regarding sustainable
agriculture.  Current issues/events impacting sustainable agriculture are
debated among the many researchers, administrators, farmers, public policy
makers, consumers and others posting to the newsgroup.  To subscribe to
SAN, send the message "subscribe sanet-mg" to almanac@ces.ncsu.edu. 


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>
>Bat Conservation International has a web page:
>
>        http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/bat/main.html


Also, the latest issue of American Woodworker has plans for a bat
house.  Sorry, don't have it here at work so I can't get the phone
number, but it's widely available on newsstands.


Article 19524 of misc.rural:
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From: wmcclain@worf.netins.net (Bill McClain)
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Re: Bats
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 16:00:55 -0600
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Tom Lemmen <tom.lemmen@twplace.wb3ffv.ampr.org> wrote:

> Hi:
> My wife bought me this "bat house" after she saw
> a program on Public TV that said how huge
> an amount of insects bats can eat everyday.
>
> I put the damn thing up real high (like the
> instructions said) but Still no residents.
>
> It's up on my TV tower,  about 25 feet off the ground.
> There is a light underneath it that attracts bugs
> and I see bats flyin' around there every night.
>
> ANybody got any insights to this problem??

I've been told that it may take quite some time to attract bats. They
like to be quite hot during the day, and an eastern exposure for the
house is recommended.

I cannot vouch for this, but I have also been advised that spreading bat
poop under the box will lure them. Makes the site seem more "home-like".

Try Bat Conservation International:

        http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/bat/main.html

-Bill


From brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.govTue Mar 14 00:36:38 1995
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 16:14:03 -0800
From: Kathy Brunetti <brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: New LISTSERV on proposed APHIS Regs.

I am forwarding the following message which was posted to the Biocontrol forum:
Kathy Brunetti
Calif. Dept. Pesticide Regulaton
brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov

>A new ListServ was just initiated.......
>
>BCREGS-L is maintained by Tim Kring of the University of Arkansas.
>Discussion is, initially, on the proposed rule
>which will regulate the  application of biological control in the United
>States (7 CFR 335  Plant  Pests: Introduction of
>Nonindigenous Organisms:  Proposed Rule).   Discussion of the impact of the
>rule on other disciplines is
>encouraged,  and discussion on the implementation of the eventual Final Rule
>will  follow.  Persons wishing to join
>the list should send e-mail to  LISTSERV@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU with a blank subject
>line and body text  consisting
>of:
>               subscribe BCREGS-L Jane Doe where Jane Doe is your real name.
>
>             *********************************************
>             **   Timothy J. Kring                      **
>             **   University of Arkansas - Entomology   **
>             **   Virology/Biocontrol Laboratories      **
>             **   213 Young Avenue                      **
>             **   Fayetteville  AR  72704               **
>             **               **********                **
>             **   (501) 575-3186     575-3348 (FAX)     **
>             **          tkring@comp.uark.edu           **
>             *********************************************
>

From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduThu Mar 16 23:09:53 1995
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 11:11:16 -0800 (PST)
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture <sustag-l@listproc.wsu.edu>
Subject: WEB Page on Farm Bill; BCS; HillNet (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 00:47:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Benbrook <benbrook@hillnet.com>
To: sanet <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Subject: WEB Page on Farm Bill; BCS; HillNet


Many friends around the country have spoken with me about how they might 
stay abreast of farm bill developments electronically.  It is indeed 
going to be a fast paced year and many changes are inevitable.  I decided 
to try to help by developing a WEB page on the farm bill process and FY 
1996 budget cycle.  This message introduces SANET users to the page -- 
which is under construction and in many respects incomplete.  But it is 
there and I want to begin to see if any one will use it.  If not I will 
not put the time/money into maintaining it.

	I intend to continue adding material already in hand over the next 
week or so.  If there are things you would like me to add, send e-mail 
as instructed on the pages.  The WEB page for BCS is on my business and 
tries to give people a sense of what we do.  There are several links 
between the BCS page and the Farm Bill/sus ag page.

	The URL for the BCS page is:   
	http://www.hillnet.com/bcs/

	And the URL for the Farm Bill page is:
	http://www.hillnet.com/farmbill/

	For those of you with pages, please build in a link to our farm 
bill page if you think it would be of interest to people using your page.

	For those of you interested in HillNet, I also enclose some general 
information on it.  I decided to start a computer/Internet business a few 
months ago with my friend and resident computer genius, John Evans.  We 
are up and running and working with a wide range of groups and 
individuals interested in working with the Net.  We keep waiting for that 
call from Newt, but I guess he has Thomas on his side...:

                                HillNet
                      Computer and Internet Services


	Applications and Training

	We specialize in customized solutions to information management
and communication needs.  The World Wide Web (WWW) is a powerful way to
explore and utilize the reach of the Internet.  The Web is one of the most
convenient and low-cost ways to connect individuals, ideas, and
information.  We can design your Web page for you or with you, whether a
simple announcement of who you are, what you do, and how to get more
information, or a virtual storefront offering easy, immediate access to
products and services, or information and ideas.  We will help you find
the best way to place your Web page on the Net and sup port it on an
ongoing basis.  

	We can provide detailed information and advice on the range of
systems and telecommunication tools now available.  It is growing more
difficult to understand the advantages and disadvantages of different ways
to access and use the Internet, and which can be supported most
cost-effectively with your current hardware/software and employee skills. 
We can help you build a new system, or add to an existing one. 

	We specialize in Internet integration, applications, and support,
but are able to provide other services.  Whether stuck trying to get a
program or hardware to work, or just short of time, we offer Capitol Hill
clients quick and timely service.  Let us know what you need to get done
and we will help you find a way to accomplish your goals.  Call for more
information. 

For more information on HillNet, contact:
	
        John Evans (john@hillnet.com)
        HillNet (info@hillnet.com)
	Phone: (202) 544-4258
	409 First Street, S.E.
	Washington, D.C. 20003

-
John



From igg@intrepid.netSat Oct 21 23:11:16 1995
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 07:55:19 -0500
From: Intergalactic Garage <igg@intrepid.net>
To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: THE SOIL AND THE SEED - BF&G Association 1995 National Conference

Lawrence-
Thanks for forwarding this press release.

I neglected to include that the complete schedule of speakers and workshops
is maintained at the WWW site: www.his.com/~claymont/bdcnf.html and that
the home page for the BD Association is www.his.com/~claymont/bda.html.

I'm doing the WWW pages. The BD Assoc. currently does not have email.
-Allan

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NEW SPECIES OF DOUGLASIA FROM NORTHWESTERN ALASKA

An  article  published  in Novon featured a description of Doug-
lasia beringensis, a new species from the  Seward  Peninsula  in
the  Bering  Strait  region  of Alaska. Douglasia beringensis is
most similar to Douglasia montana (from Montana, Idaho,  Wyoming
and British Columbia). The paper also deals with the Russian and
North American concepts of the genus Douglasia and Androsace and
gives  a  key  to all nine species of Douglasia known from North
America.

Ref.: Kelso, S., B.A. Yurtsev &  D.F.  Murray.  1994.  Douglasia
      beringensis (Primulaceae): A new species from northwestern
      Alaska. - Novon 4: 381-385.


NEW BOOK: "LICHENS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, AN INVENTORY"

Geiser,  L.H.,  K.L. Dillman, C.C. Deer, & M.C. Stensvold. 1994.
      Lichens of  southeastern  Alaska:  An  inventory.  -  USDA
      Forest Service, Alaska Region, R10-TB-45, Tongass National
      Forest, Petersburg, Alaska. 145 p. [78 bibl.ref.]

This  inventory  includes  453 lichens from southeastern Alaska,
and is the most comprehensive lichen inventory of that region to
date. Most of the occurrence documented here are from 258  plots
that  were  established  on  the Tongass National Forest between
1989 and 1993.

The introductory parts of the book describe southeastern Alaska,
most of which is in the Tongass  National  Forest;  and  discuss
inventory  methodology  and  results.  The  bulk  of the book is
comprised of descriptive entries for each of  the  453  lichens.
Each  entry  includes a distribution map of southeastern Alaska,
description of habitat, range, abundance in southeastern Alaska,
abundance in North America, and  sensitivity  to  air  pollution
(when  known). Special notes are included for some taxa to high-
light range extensions or unusual collections.

The 49 fine pen and ink illustrations of selected  lichens  were
drawn  by  Alexander  Mikulin, a visiting lichenologist from the
Russian Academy of Sciences.

The book can be obtained, at no cost,  from  Everett  Kissinger,
Stikine  Area,  Tongass  National  Forest,  Box 309, Petersburg,
Alaska 99833, or Mary  Stensvold,  Sitka  Ranger  District,  201
Katlian Street, Suite 109, Sitka, Alaska 99835.


NEW BOOK: LATE QUATERNARY STUDIES IN BERINGIA - BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beaudoin, A.B. & F.D. Reintjes. 1994. Late Quaternary studies in
      Beringia and beyond, 1950-1993: An annotated bibliography.
      - Archeological Survey Occasional Paper no. 35, Provincial
      Museum  of  Alberta,  Edmonton.  386 p. ISBN 0-7732-1387-2
      [soft cover], CDN $ 14.95.

The bibliography includes references to research papers,  books,
monographs,  short  notes,  theses,  conference  abstracts, con-
ference reports, popular articles,  and  commentaries  published
between  1950-1993.  The  citations deal with surficial geology,
glacial history, climate  history,  palaeontology,  archaeology,
and  palaeoenvironments  in  Beringia  between  about 50,000 and
10,000 years ago. References include abstracts, where available.
The bibliography comprises 1001 citations, annotated  by  topic,
geographic  area  and  library location, and is accompanied by a
comprehensive index. Beringia is defined as the  northern  hemi-
sphere region centred on Siberia and Alaska-Yukon and bounded by
the  Lena River to the west and the Mackenzie River to the east.
Other areas covered in this bibliography include western Siberia
between Lena and Yenisey Rivers,  northeastern  China,  northern
Korea  and  Japan.  It  also  covers the portion of the northern
Pacific Ocean and offshore continental  shelf  that  would  have
been terrestrial during the Late Pleistocene full-glacial.

[Available  from:  The Museum Shop, c/o The Provincial Museum of
Alberta, 12845-102nd Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5N  0M6,
Tel.:  (406) 453-9108 (Publications); FAX: (403) 454-6629. Major
credit cards accepted.]


URGENT CALL FOR CORRECTIONS TO THE JEPSON MANUAL
From:  Margriet  Wetherwax   <margriet@UCJEPS.HERB.BERKELEY.EDU>
      orig. on TAXACOM <TAXACOM@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU>

Have  you  found  any  typographical errors or minor substantive
errors in The Jepson Manual: Higher  Plants  of  California  (J.
Hickman,  ed.)?  If  so, the Jepson editors would be grateful to
receive your input before April 1, 1995 to aid in production  of
the  next  printing of the The Jepson Manual (1st edition). Cor-
rections that change pagination cannot be considered for  incor-
poration  in  the next printing (but see below). Any substantive
corrections that require editorial judgement  should  be  accom-
panied   with   documentation   (e.g.,   literature  or  voucher
citation).  Please  send  your  corrections  to  Bruce  Baldwin,
Curator of the Jepson Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg.
#2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465. e-mail
communication    of    your   corrections   can   be   sent   to
jepson@ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Thank you!!

In preparation for production of a more extensively revised  2nd
edition  of  The  Jepson  Manual,  the Jepson editors would also
greatly appreciate any documented corrections of  more  substan-
tial  errors  or  problems  in  the Manual. All corrections that
would change pagination of the Manual fall under this  category.
To aid editorial procedures, please segregate any corrections of
this  type  under  separate heading from typographical and other
minor corrections discussed in  the  previous  paragraph.  These
corrections can be sent to the same address given above.


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From aceska@cue.bc.caSun Aug 27 00:12:04 1995
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 08:34:34 -0700
From: Adolf Ceska <aceska@cue.bc.ca>
To: ben@cue.bc.ca
Subject: BEN # 111


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No. 111                              August 26, 1995

aceska@freenet.victoria.bc.ca        Victoria, B.C.
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 Dr. A. Ceska, P.O.Box 8546, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 3S2
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THE DECLINE OF PACIFIC MADRONE: SYMPOSIUM SYNOPSIS
From: Clement W. Hamilton and Paul West c/o <pwest@eskimo.com>

[Copyrighted  material released with the authors' permission for
      posting on BEN.]

The past several years has seen increasing interest, on the part
of the horticultural public as well as landscape  professionals,
in the health of the Pacific madrone, Arbutus menziesii. Several
general  trends  --  such  as  the  desire for more broad-leaved
evergreens in urban  landscapes,  the  growing  appreciation  of
native  plants  of  ornamental  and  ecological  value, and ever
augmented plant-physiological  stress  due  to  urbanization  --
converge  on  the  madrone. People are almost unanimous in their
praise of the tree's desirability for urban landscapes, and also
unanimously puzzled about what might be causing its  decline  in
urban areas of the Pacific Northwest.

The  symposium  on  "The  Decline  of  Pacific  Madrone: current
theories and research directions" was held at the University  of
Washington  Center  for Urban Horticulture April 28, 1995. About
200 researchers, professionals, and interested citizens gathered
to share their knowledge and perspectives. They sought to deter-
mine whether any common understandings could be reached and what
future research might be of greatest help to  the  madrone.  Two
questions  underlay the twelve presentations and ensuing discus-
sions: 1) What are the nature  and  causes  of  the  decline  of
Arbutus   menziesii   in   urban  environments  of  the  Pacific
Northwest? and 2) How can the madrone be  propagated,  restored,
and managed in urban landscapes?

This  symposium  was  initiated  by a group of Seattle community
activists who had been witnessing the  gradual  demise  of  many
formerly  handsome  madrones along Magnolia Bluff. In 1994, they
won special funding to determine how to reverse this decline  as
mitigation  for  the West Point sewage treatment plant at nearby
Discovery Park. Save Magnolia's Madronas, as they  called  them-
selves,  recognized  that  the  madrone's decline was widespread
throughout the Seattle area, and that  research  was  needed  to
better under stand the causes of decline.

At  the  beginning  of  the  symposium, Christopher Chappell and
Gregory Ettl spoke of the natural context of the madrone,  Chap-
pell noting the apparent importance of fire in the establishment
and   persistence   of   plant  associations  in  which  madrone
predominates. Fairly dry, sunny sites with shallow, well drained
soil seem to be prime madrone habitat.

Richard Hunt considered that a particular growth  characteristic
of  the  madrone  actually  may accelerate its decline. When the
tree becomes stressed, it flowers more prolifically,  an  evolu-
tionary  strategy  to  continue its lineage despite its possibly
impending death. That  excessive  flowering,  however,  detracts
from  the  resources  to put into new terminal shoot growth, and
the tree produces fewer new leaves. As flowering  increases  and
leaf  production  declines, the tree may begin to lack the vigor
necessary t o defend itself against the canker-causing  diseases
described by Hunt and by Ralph Byther.

Dana  Bressette  and  Clement  Hamilton  have  been sampling in-
dividual madrone trees west  of  the  Cascades,  recording  site
conditions  and  grading  tree health. Their preliminary results
suggest that two characteristics correlate with  decline:  tall,
single-stemmed  growth  habit  and  thin  bark.  This implicates
exposure of the stem as a primary  causative  factor.  Bressette
noted  also  that  she  witnessed bark exfoliation more often on
south sides of samples, possibly implicating sun exposure  as  a
direct  cause  of decline. Their observations complement a model
of stand decline that A.B. Adams has proposed. He noted that the
trees studied in the landscaped area of Magnolia Bluff exhibited
more dieback and canker than do the trees in the natural setting
of nearby Thorn dyke Park. This led  him  to  posit  a  positive
feedback  process whereby the disturbance and exposure caused by
landscape development causes a stress response in the tree, such
as exfoliation of the bark. This may then predispose the tree to
infection by pathogens, which accelerates the  decline.  As  the
tree  canopy  dies  back  and individual trees are lost, the ex-
posure of the  stand  further  increases,  thus  augmenting  the
potential for general decline.

Trees are dying, but these are typically remnant trees of former
forest  stands  that  have not been able to adjust to changes --
usually clearing -- in the environment around them. In contrast,
young, vigorous madrone trees  can  be  seen  growing  up  along
highways,  in  parking lot medians, and in other stressful urban
situations. It appears, therefore, that madrones can thrive in a
wider variety of conditions than found in its usual habitat,  if
they  are  established  as  juveniles  within those same growing
conditions. Madrones have been witnessed growing at the edges of
wetlands, in irrigated turf, and under  closed  conifer  canopy,
for  instance.  This perspective holds promise that madrones can
find new niches in many parts of the urban landscape.

This hope is fueled by  great  evidence  that  madrones  can  be
readily  propagated  from  seed.  The  work of Ray Maleike, Rita
Hummel, Diana Privett, and Rico  Gonzclez  indicates  that  con-
tainer  production  is within reach using standard nursery prac-
tices. Another challenge is transferring  the  plants  from  the
nursery  into  the  landscape.  Thus  far,  the  work of Hummel,
Privett, Gonzclez, and Tony Shoffner has focused on establishing
1- to 3-gallon sized material.  Because  madrone  exhibits  sen-
sitivity  to  transplanting,  smaller  material  offers more im-
mediate potential. Working with small material presents  special
challenges  to  the  landscape manager, however, requiring extra
protection in environments with heavy traffic, careful  monitor-
ing  for pests (notably slugs and root weevil), and allowing the
juvenile bushy habit and low branching to prevail  in  order  to
protect the trunk. The challenge does not end with establishment
of  the  trees,  as Phil Coker points out; proper arboricultural
treatment depends on  understanding  the  physiology  of  mature
trees.

At  the  close  of  the  symposium,  participants discussed over
twenty areas of research that  could  benefit  madrones  in  the
future,  among  them  the  following: 1) systematic study of the
canker-causing organisms; 2) genetic  study  of  disease  resis-
tance,  coupled  with  a  program of selecting, propagating, and
introducing desirable plants; 3)  exploring  the  possible  sig-
nificance  of  mycorrhizal  associations;  4) trial plantings in
different types of urban site; 5) determining the size and  area
of  minimum  viable populations in urban greenbelts; and 6) com-
parative study of different  approaches  to  pruning  and  other
arboricultural practices.

Seldom does one plant species, outside of agriculture or produc-
tion  forestry,  arouse  such  a  high  degree of concern as has
Arbutus menziesii. The contributors to  this  volume  hope  that
their  work  has helped lay a significant foundation for a heal-
thier future for the Pacific madrone.

Proceedings from the symposium will be published this  fall  and
will  be  available  from  the  Center  for  Urban Horticulture,
University of Washington GF-15, Seattle WA 98195, for $15 US.


CAREX PRAIREA IN MONTANA
From: Toby Spribille
      </S=T.SPRIBILLE/OU1=R01F14D03A@mhs-fswa.attmail.com>

The recent exploration of the calcareous wetlands in the Tobacco
Valley in northwest Montana has resulted in numerous new records
for the region and an interesting overview of  bryophyte  diver-
sity  in  an  otherwise  poorly-known area. One of the most sig-
nificant finds to date is the discovery of Carex  prairea  Dewey
in  two  marl  fens  near  the  village of Trego in the northern
Salish Mountains. This species is very rare in the west, and  is
present  in  British Columbia only in the Fraser Plateau region.
Phytogeographically, it can be regarded  as  a  northeast  North
American  element  at  its  western  periphery; its discovery in
northwest  Montana  represents  a  range  extension  south  from
central B.C. and west from the northern Great Plains.

The  plant  was first brought to my attention by Jack Triepke, a
botanist on the Fortine Ranger District, who collected it  in  a
large  marl  fen/Betula  glandulosa  carr.  It  was subsequently
collected in another fen in the vicinity. At the latter site  it
was  the  dominant  cover, forming extensive hummocks with Carex
gynocrates. The seeping water had a pH of 7.2.

In addition to the Carex, many other rare or infrequent  species
were  discovered  in  the  second  fen. These include the mosses
Scorpidium cossoni, Meesia triquetra  and  Catascopium  nigritum
and  the rare lichen Cetraria sepincola, known from only a hand-
ful of collections south of the Canadian border. It was found to
be locally common on twigs of Betula glandulosa.

Voucher specimens  of  Carex  prairea:  MONTANA;  FLATHEAD  CO.:
      Collins Fen, Lime Creek, 25. July 1995, J. Triepke FJT025;
      Magnesia  Creek,  abundant  in  rich  fen,  21. June 1995,
      Spribille 3355; same location,  1.  Aug.  1995,  Spribille
      3902; specimens to be deposited at COLO, MICH, MONTU.


ALIEN SPECIES IN HAWAII - DATABASE OF DATA SOURCES
From: Philip A. Thomas - National Biological Service
      Haleakala Field Station <halesci@hawaii.edu>

I  am working on a project sponsored by the Research Corporation
of the University of Hawaii to compile a database of sources  of
information  RE: alien species in Hawaii. I would be very inter-
ested to hear from anyone who has any  kind  of  data  on  alien
species  (plants, animals, etc.) which occur in Hawaii. Data can
be field notes,  electronic  databases,  incidental  or  spatial
observations, etc. I would appreciate any information.

Please  respond  to  me directly with a brief description of the
data that you have/know about, or  if  you  would  like  further
details about this project.

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From leland@straylight.tamu.edu Wed Nov 16 19:17:13 EST 1994
Article: 1083 of bionet.mycology
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From: leland@straylight.tamu.edu (Leland Ellis)
Newsgroups: bionet.mycology
Subject: Biodiversity and Ecosystems NEtwork (BENE) WWW Server
Followup-To: bionet.mycology
Date: 14 Nov 1994 20:22:21 GMT
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	and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston
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Hello,

We are pleased to announce the opening of the Biodiversity and
Ecosystems NEtwork (BENE) webserver, hosted by the W.M. Keck Center
for Genome Informatics at Texas A&M University.  In addition to the
Keck Center, the other founding partners are the

	National Performance Review NetResults project
	Smithsonian Institution
	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

We welcome other partners.

The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the BENE webserver is:

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The goal of the BENE webserver is to help those interested in
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and collaborations.  BENE also represents a demonstration of some of
the capabilities suggested for the proposed U.S.  National
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comments and suggestions.

Cheers,

Steve Young
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and 
Smithsonian Biodiversity Program
email:  young.steve@epamail.epa.gov
URL:  http://www.epa.gov/

Leland Ellis
Director, W.M. Keck Center for Genome Informatics
Institute of Biosciences and Technology
Texas A&M University
Houston
email:  leland@straylight.tamu.edu
URL:  http://straylight.tamu.edu/straylight.html
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Institute of Biosciences and Technology		     {     *     } 
Texas A&M University				       {   -   }   
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From tmz@interport.net Fri Dec 23 14:50:35 EST 1994
Article: 78 of rec.ponds
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From: tmz@interport.net (Todd M. Zebert)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria,rec.ponds,alt.aquaria.killifish,sci.aquaria
Subject: BETA 2 AQUARIA GLOSSARY NOW AVAILABLE
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 12:36:15
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Hello, I've been working on it, along with a little help from my friends...  
Although I'm still looking for more help, or at least some corrections and 
clarifications.

So, BETA 2 is now available, still only through WWW because my newsreader and 
my mail reader are too lame to post such a sizable message (70K).   If there 
is enough interest I'll turn it into a HTML document once we get to version 1!

Exact address or use my home page:
http://www.interport.net/~tmz/aq_glos.txt

Have a happy holiday!



Todd M. Zebert             SoHo, NY                tmz@interport.net
Check out my Web home page: http://www.interport.net/~tmz/
"What you don't know is probably more than you ever will."


From una.smith@yale.edu Sun Jun 18 22:18:07 EDT 1995
Article: 2 of sci.bio.misc
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From: una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu (Una Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.bio.misc,bionet.general
Subject: FAQ:  A Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources
Date: 13 Jun 1995 23:52:23 GMT
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				How to Get
		A Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources

                     Current versions:  1.7 and 1.8a

NEW:  Updated some details on how to retrieve the Guide via the Web etc.

The free, 40-page Guide contains an overview and lists of free Internet
resources such as:  scientific discussion groups, including newsgroups
and mailing lists;  research newsletters, directories, and bibliographies;
the major biological data and software archives;  tools for finding and
retrieving information;  answers to some frequently asked questions;  and
a bibliography of useful books and Internet documents.

The Guide is available in several versions.  The most recent complete
release is Version 1.7, dated November 1993.  It is available as a plain 
ASCII file for easy retrieval and printing of the entire document, as a
menu for reading online (via both gopher and WWW), and in an attractive
PostScript format (for laser printing).  There is a French translation.
The most recent release (about mailing lists only) is Version 1.8a, dated
December 1994:  this ammends but does not supercede Version 1.7.

The Guide is available on the Internet, and can be obtained with a Web
browser, gopher, anonymous FTP, and e-mail.  There is no fee.


-*- Web (aka WWW, Mosaic, Netscape, hypertext):  The version I maintain on
    the Internet is on a gopher archive, which is accessible via the Web,
    though the URL is not pretty.  You'll have to type this entire string:

gopher://sunsite.unc.edu/11/../.pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/bioguide

    Here are some other Web URLs that I know of for the Guide.  Please let
    me know if you have problems, so I can update this list.  Thanks.

	http://www.csc.fi/molbio/una/unapost.index.html


-*- Gopher:  Go to sunsite.unc.edu, and choose this sequence of menu items:

		Worlds of SunSITE -- by Subject
			Ecology and Evolution
				A Biologist's Guide...

    Or, from any gopher offering other biology gophers by subject, look
    for the menu item "Ecology and Evolution".  Here is the direct link
    information:

		Name=A Biologist's Guide (in a choice of formats)
		Type=1
		Path=1/../.pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/bioguide
		Host=sunsite.unc.edu
		Port=70

    Sunsite.unc.edu offers public telnet access to Web (hypertext) and Wais
    clients, if you don't have your own.  Telnet to sunsite.unc.edu and read
    the instructions before the login prompt.


-*- Anonymous FTP:  Connect to sunsite.unc.edu.  Give the username "anonymous"
    and your e-mail address as the password.  Use the "cd" command to go to
    the directory

		pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/bioguide

    and use "get bioguide.faq" to copy the ASCII version of the Guide to
    your computer.  Use "get bioguide.ps" for the PostScript version, or
    see the README file for more information.


-*- E-mail:  Send the text:

		open
		cd pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/bioguide
		get bioguide.faq
		get README
		quit
    to:
		ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu

    You will receive the Guide in several parts:  save each part separately,
    use a text editor to delete the e-mail headers and trailers of each,
    and merge them.  You will also receive the README file from the same
    directory as the Guide, and a help file for using the ftpmail service.
    Use "quit" to prevent the ftpmail server from trying to interpret your
    signature as an instruction.  For help using the ftpmail server, use
    "help" (you will be sent e-mail containing many helpful tips).


-*- Usenet:  When they come out, new versions of the Guide will be announced
    on several Usenet newsgroups, including sci.bio.misc.  However, the 
    Guide is now so long that it is no longer practical post it to Usenet.



<li><a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/bees">Adam Finklestein's sunSITE Beekeeping Homepage</a>

From 74354.2452@compuserve.comMon May 20 10:09:30 1996
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 07:49:04 -0600
From: Ron Miksha <74354.2452@compuserve.com>
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Cc: Beekeeping@aol.com
Subject: add URL

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Beekeeping

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<title>Botany, Gardening, Farming, Horticulture, Landscaping Sites</title> </head>
<body>
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<font size=5>Botany, Gardening, Farming, Horticulture, Landscaping Sites</font><br> 
</center>
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<li><a href="http://www.uni-bonn.de/iol/">Institute for Organic Agriculture (University Bonn, Germany)</a> 
<li><a href="http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/AltFarm/">Alternative Farming Systems Information Center at the Natnl. Ag. Lib.</a>
<li><a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/london/NOMC.html">The National Organic Marketing Cooperative (NOMC)</a>
<li><a href="http://freenet.macatawa.org/org/ogm/ogm.html">Organic Growers of Michigan</a>
<li><a href="http://www.agr.state.nc.us">North Carolina Department of Agriculture</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cybercomm.net/~tornado/wxboard/wwwboard.html">The WEATHERBoard</a>
<li><a href="http://rip.physics.unk.edu/rural/rural.html">misc.rural HomePage</a>
<li><a href="mailto:103070.2364@compuserve.com">E-mail Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, brochure, 970-927-4158</a>
<li><a href="http://www.agpr.com/consulting">Gateway to AgInfo on the Internet</a>
<li><a href="http://asac.org/aacc">Association of Ag Computing Companies (AACC)</a>
<li><a href="http://www.kkassoc">The THERMAL CONNECTION</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cosmos.ab.ca/~durtschi/walton/supply.html">Walton Feed - 1000 different mail order edible dry goods</a>
<li><a href="http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html">"Don't Panic Eat Organic" Noah's Ark Homepage</a>
<li><a href="http://www.olympus.net/gardens/ArdentGardener.htm">The Ardent Gardener</a> 
<li><a href="http://mgfx.com/butterfly/">The Butterfly Web Site</a> 
<li><a href="http://www.knoware.nl/flora/">Flora of Europe</a>  
<li><a href="http://emall.com/">Garden Marketplace</a>
<li><a href="http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU:80/~mk4j/summer/">Mable's Garden</a>  
<li><a href="http://www.ozemail.com.au/~sgap">Society for Growing Australian Plants</a>
<li><a href="http://rampages.onramp.net/~garylipe/wwwsites.htm">Wildflower Site</a>
<li><a href="http://btw.com">Books That Work</a>
<li><a href="http://www.territorial-seed.com">Territorial Seed Co.</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/">North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service</a>
<li><a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu">sunSITE at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a>
<li><a href="http://kelley.ece.ncsu.edu/arboretum/arboretum.html">North Carolina State University Arboretum Web Page</a>
<li><a href="http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/weather_page.html">NOAA Weather Service</a>
<li><a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/weather/weather.html">North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service - Weather Information</a>
<li><a href="http://www.his.com/~claymont/bda.html">The BioDynamic Association</a>
<li><a href="http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html">PRAXIS: Center for Social and Economic Development</a>
<li><a href="http://www2.uca.es/dept/quimica_organica/allelopathy.htm">International Allelopathy Society WebPage</a>
<li><a href="http://www.liv.ac.uk/~rmorris/pfaf/index.html">Plants For A Future</a>
<li><a href="http://www.liv.ac.uk/~rmorris/pfaf/Links.html">Permaculture Links</a>
<li><a href="http://www.mother.com/agaccess">agAccess</a>
<li><a href="http://www/net-resource.com/~solar">Solar Components Corp. - Kalwall products, aquaculture equipment</a>
<li><a href="http://www.organic.com/Non.profit/F2F/">Farmer-to-Farmer</a>
<li><a href="http://johnnyseeds.com/seeds">Johnny's Selected Seeds</a>
<li><a href="http://tdg.uoguelph.ca/www/FSR/homepage.html">Farming Systems Research Group</a>
<li><a href="http://www.agpr.com/consulting/aglinks.html">agLINKS</a>
<li><a href="gopher://freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/ll/i/agba/">Alberta Goat Breeder's Association - Goat Raising Information</a>
<li><a href="http://www.interpath.net/~london">Organic Gardening & Permaculture Information</a>
<li><a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/london">The Sustainable Farmstead - Organic Agriculture - Permaculture - Rural Life</a>
<li><a href="http://www.aecnet.com/">AECNET</a>
<li><a href="gopher://freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/ll/i/agba/">Alberta Goat Breeder's Association - goat raising information</a>
<li><a href="http://www.datasync.com/sbe">Exotic Plant and Garden Seed Directory (www-site)</a>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.datasync.com/pub/sbe/catalog.txt">Exotic Plant and Garden Seed Directory (ftp-site)</a>
<li><a href="http://seidel.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PBM-FAQ/list/">Garden Catalog List</a>
<li><a href="http://www.xmission.com/~dreading/96g.html">Duane Reading's HTMLized Garden Notebook</a>
<li><a href="http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html">Don't Panic Eat Organic - [Great Organic Gardening Page]</a>
<li><a href="http://unlvm.unl.edu/agecon.html">UNL Ag Econ WWW Home Page</a>
<li><a href="http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/bee.html">Beekeeping Home Page</a>
<li><a href="http://www.btw.com/urls/toc.html">BTW Home and Garden URL's</a>
<li><a href="http://www.well.com/Conferences/agri/">The WELL Agriculture Conference</a>
<li><a href="http://www.envirolink.org/pubs/Plants.html">Rodale Institute International Ag Sieve</a>
<li><a href="http://www.ewg.org">Environmental Working Group</a>
<li><a href="http://bbskc.kcc.usda.gov/gateways/pub.html">Consolidated Farm Service</a>
<li><a href="http://www.trib.com/NEWS/">New Zealand News</a>
<li><a href="http://www.compumedia.com/~gsand/">New Construction</a>
<li><a href="http://www.charm.net/~rafi/">Rural Advancement Fund International</a>
<li><a href="http://www.charm.net/">Charm Net - a must see, has ag info</a>
<li><a href="http://www.webdirectory.com/">Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory</a>
<li><a href="http://www.aecnet.com/">AECNET</a>
<li><a href="http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html">GardenNet: An Internet Resource Center for Garden Enthusiasts</a>
<li><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/garden">The Tele-Garden</a>
<li><a href="http://www.crfg.org/">California Rare Fruit Growers</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/MAPS/cnn_header.map">CNN Interactive</a>
<li><a href="http://www.crop.cri.nz/landcare/sal/sal.html">Semi Arid Lands Research Team</a>
<li><a href="http://www.halcyon.com/kenworth/sfr/sfr_top.htm">The Small Farm Resource</a>
<li><a href="http://wwws.us.ohio-state.edu/~steen/sustain/">Sustainable Living</a>
<li><a href="http://www.xmission.com/~gastown/herpmed/">Herpmed WebPage</a>
<li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/CEC/eupage.html">NF-AIRID, non-food use of crops & forest products</a>
<li><a href="http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html">Don't Panic Eat Organic</a>
<li><a href="http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/bee.html">Beekeeping Home Page</a>
<li><a href="http://www.fileshop.com/infozine">infoZine</a>
<li><a href="http://www.npsc.nbs.gov">Northern Prairie Science Center</a>
<li><a href="http://www.btw.com/urls/toc.html">BTW Home and Garden URL's</a>
<li><a href="http://www.well.com/">The WELL - see: Agriculture conference</a>
<li><a href="http://www.dnaco.net/~michael/growing-spaces/">Growing Spaces WebPage</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cais.com/aevans/homestead/homestd.html">Homestead Home Page</a>
<li><a href="http://ipm_www.ncsu.edu/">NCSU IPM Center</a>
<li><a href="gopher://gopher info.iastate.edu/">Leopold Center's newsletter</a>
<li><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/">THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet</a>
<li><a href="http://cdinet.com/cgi-bin/lite/Benton/">Benton Foundation's Communications Policy Project</a>
<li><a href="http://solstice.crest.org/">Solstice (Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology</a>
<li><a href="http://www2.ncsu.edu/bae/people/faculty/walker/hotlist/agricult.html">Ag Resources NCSU Project EOS</a>
<li><a href="http://www.u-net.com/gmlets/sulets/home.html">Salford University LETSystems Registry</a>
<li><a href="http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/">UC SAREP</a>
<li><a href="http://www.environment.sfasu.edu/">SFASU College of Forestry</A>
<li><a href="http://ext.usu.edu/wsare/">Western Region SARE/ACE Program</a>
<li><a href="http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/">University of Maryland at College Park inforM system (ag/env resources)</a>
<li><a href="http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/AltFarm/">NAL Alternative Farming Systems Information Center</a>
<li><a href="http://www.nalusda.gov/">National Agricultural Library</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/bbctv/gdns_world/organic1.html">Gardeners' World - Organic Gardening</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.pcug.org.au/~jallen/cogs.html">Canberra (Australia) Organic Grower's Society</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.av.qnet.com/~supak/org.html">Organic Gardening - Sierra Pelona Posse</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/nbci">National Biological Control Institute</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.fcla.ufl.edu/FlaEnt/fehmpg.html">Florida Entomologist</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/ent.html">Entomology ColoState EDU</a>
<li><A HREF="http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/">Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System - FAIRS</a>
<li><A HREF="http://biowww.clemson.edu/ento/cuentomologyresources/cesheets/cesheets.html"<Clemson University CES - USDA joint project</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ctpm.uq.edu.au/">Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Pest Management</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.trib.com/NEWS/">New Zeland News</a>
<li><A HREF="gopher://infoserver.ciesin.org:70/7waissrc%3a/catalog/Agriculture/agricultural-market-news">Agricultural Market NEWS</A>
<li><A HREF="http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~MARKETING/MARKET.HTML">Agriculture Market Information System</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.milcom.com/fintrac">Fintrac Links to the World of Agriculture</a>
<li><A HREF="gopher://UNLVM.UNL.EDU:70/11/ianr/sustain/sustctr/sustnews">Sustainable Agriculture Systems Newsletter</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.envirolink.org/pubs/Plants.html">Plants and Sustainable Agriculture</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ewg.org/">Environmental Working Group</a>
<li><A HREF="http://bbskc.kcc.usda.gov/gateways/pub.html">Consolidated Farm Service PUBLICATIONS</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/njc.html">Not Just Cows, Internet Guide to Agriculture and Related Sciences</a>
<li><A HREF="http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/www/agator/">AgriGator - U. of Fla.</a>
<li><A HREF="http://ageninfo.tamu.edu/agriculture.html">Agricultural and Environmental Information Sources</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ciesin.org">Information for a Changing World</A>
<li><A HREF="http://frank.mtsu.edu/~sward/herb/herbpic.html">Algys' Herb Page</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/Goats.html">Irvine Mesa Charros 4-H Club, Irvine, California</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.okstate.edu/~animsci/breeds/">Department of Animal Science-Oklahoma State University</a>
<li><A HREF="http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu/">New Crops & Plant Products, Purdue</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.btw.com/">Books That Work</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.nj.com/weather/index.html">N.J. On-line weather & Old Farmers Almanac</a>
<li><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/cyberplt.html">The Cyber-Plantsman</a>
<li><A HREF="http://cuc.edu/~wgts/Hort/hort.html">PLANT TALK</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.cog.brown.edu:80/gardening/">Gardening</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.cfn.cs.dal.ca/Recreation/Gardening/G_G_Home.html">Gardens+Gardening</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.btw.com/garden_archive/toc.html">The Garden Encyclopedia</A>
<li><A HREF="http://sable.ox.ac.uk/~sjoh0061/">Oxford Poultry Resource</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~justin/Docs/arbor.html">Guidelines for Correct Pruning</A>
<li><A HREF="http://unixg.ubc.ca:780/~cityfarm/urbagnotes1.html">City Farmers Urban Agriculture Notes</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Welcome/welcome.html">Time's Virtual Garden</A>
<li><A HREF="http://ext.usu.edu/wsare/">SARE Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/">S.A.R.E.P University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.well.com/Conferences/agri/">The Well agricultural Conference</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.wholefoods.com/wf.html">WholeFoods</A>
<li><A HREF="http://cygnus.tamu.edu/Texlab/tpdh.html">Texas Agricultural Extension Services's Texas Plant Disease Handbook</a>
<li><A HREF="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/">Texas Horticulture Program</a>
<li><A HREF="http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~fairsweb/text/mg/19943.html">Fruit Crops-University Florida</A>
<li><A HREF="http://broadcast.com/garlic/garlic.html">The Garlic Page</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.wimsey.com/~jmott/sbfacts/">Strawberry Facts</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.biddeford.com/wwf/">Berries From Dr. Razbry at Whistling Wings Farm</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.cfarm.com/default.html">Cascadian Organic Farm Homepage</A>
<li><A HREF="http://chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu:8000/www/chile.html">The Chile-Heads homepage</A>
<li><A HREF="http://meena.cc.uregina.ca/~liushus/bio/bio-pic.html">Colorful World of living things</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html">GardenNet</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/nexus/Permaculture/permaculture.html">Permaculture</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.hillnet.com/farmbill/">Farm-Bill</A>
<li><A HREF="gopher://gopher.aphis.ag.gov">APHIS Gopher</A>
<li><A HREF="http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/no_image.html">MULCH-BASED AGRICULTURE GROUP</a>
<li><A HREF="http://ipm_www.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/current_ipm.html">IPM current News</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.cais.com/aevans/homestead/homestd.html">The Homestead Home Page</A>
<li><A HREF="http://hortwww-2.ag.ohio-state.edu/hvp/HVP1.html">Horticulture in Virtual Perspective</a>
<li><A HREF="http://rampages.onramp.net/~garylipe">Wildflowers</a>
<li><a href="http://www.ariga.com">The Green Pages - ecology & agritech</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.agriculture.com/">Agriculture On-line</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.mecklerweb.com:80/imall/">The Internet Mall</A>
<li><A HREF="http://asset.arsusda.gov/WMRL.html">U.S.D.A Water Management Research Laboratories</a>
<li><a href="http://155.187.10.12:80/anbg.html">Australian National Botanic Gardens</a>
<li><a href="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/orgs/bbg/bbg.htm">Brooklyn Botanic Garden</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lter.alaska.edu/html/gbg.html">Georgeson Botanical Garden</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.unomaha.edu/~gday/">Hypergarden</A>
<li><a href=" http://straylight.tamu.edu/MoBot/welcome.html">Missouri Botanic Garden</a>
<li><a href="http://pluto.taranaki.ac.nz/pukeiti/welcome.html">Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust</a>
<li><a href="http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</a>
<li><a href="http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/homepage.html">University of Conneticut</a>
<li><a href="gopher://bluehen.ags.udel.edu:71/hh/.botanic_garden/botanicg.html">University of Delaware Botanic Gardens</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://nabalu.flas.ufl.edu/flashome.html">University of Florida Herbarium </A>
<li><a href="http://dogwood.botany.uga.edu/">Botany Department at the University of Georgia</a>
<li><a href="http://www.btw.com/">Books that work</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cog.brown.edu:80/gardening/">Cindy's List</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.interaccess.com/users/cmi/cmi.html">CMI</A>
<li><a href="http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/gardcent.htm">Garden Gate: The Garden Center </a>
<li><a href="http://www.cybermalls.com:80/cymont/gardener/">Gardener's Supply Company</a>
<li><a href="http://metroux.metrobbs.com/tgg/">Gourmet Gardener </a>
<li><a href="http://branch.com:1080/infovid/c318.html">InfoVID Outlet - Gardening & Flowers</a>
<LI>Johnny's Selected Seeds - for catalogue send your POSTAL address to <A HREF="mailto:jscat@pipeline.com">jscat@pipeline.com</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.prairienet.org/business/klehm">Klehm Nursery</A>
<li><a href="telnet://.nybg.org//">New York Botanical Gardens Library [Log in as 'library']</a>
<LI>Richters Seeds - for information email <A HREF="mailto:info@richters.com">info@richters.com</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/busdir/gar/sph/sph_home.htm">Southern Perennials and Herbs (Mike Bridges)</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/busdir/sunshine/sunshine.htm">Sunshine Farm & Gardens (Barry Glick)</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html ">The Arid Lands Newsletter </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/cyberplt.htm">The Cyber-Plantsman</A>
<li><a href="gopher://gopher.enews.com:2100/00/bookstore/growing_edge/intro">The Growing EDGE</a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/Homeground/homeground">Homeground</a>
<li><a href="telnet://psupen.psu.edu//">Horticultural Engineering Newsletter</a> (Login using your 2 letter state abbreviation)
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/SoLiving/soliv.html">Southern Living</a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/Sunset/sunset.html">Sunset - Regional Magazine on Western Gardening</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html">Noah's Ark</A>
<li><a href="http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/Weights-n-Measures/index.html">Common Weights And Measures  - Common U.S. and Metric equivalents</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html">GardenNet</A>
<li><a href="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/spdrsweb.htm">The Garden Spider's Web</a>
<li><a href="http://leviathan.tamu.edu:70/1s/mg">Master Gardener</a>
<li><a href="http://lep.cl.msu.edu/msueimp/htdoc/mod03/master03.html">Michigan State University Extension - Home Horticulture</a>
<li><a href="gopher://bigcat.missouri.edu/11/reference/agriculture/guides-h">Missouri Extension Service Horticulture Guides</a>
<li><a href="http://unlvm.unl.edu/NEBFHORT.htm">Nebraska Horticulture Facts</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/orgs/nappc/nappc.htm">North American Plant Preservation Council</A>
<li><a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/hil/index.html">North Carolina State University Horticultural Information </a>
<li><a href="gopher://penpages.psu.edu/">PENPages</a> - Penn State University College of Agriculture
<LI><A HREF="http://www.informatics.sunysb.edu/hsclib/hortp.html">Stony Brook HSC Library</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/">Texas A & M Horticultural Programme</A>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/TimeLife/CG/vg-search.html">TIME LIFE Complete Gardener Encyclopedia </a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/cgi-bin/vg-zonefinder">USDA Zone Finder</a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/">Virtual garden</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/larch.html">Landcape architecture</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/homepage.html">The Garden Gate at PrairieNet</A>
<li><A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/garden-gate/homepage.html">The Garden Gate at sunSITE</A>
<li><a href="telnet://heartland.bradley.edu//">Heartland Regional Network - Peoria, Illinois - login as "bbguest"</a>
<li><a href="http://www.monash.edu.au/diva/gardens.htm">DIVA (Digital Images for the Visual Arts) - Gardens & landscape design</a>
<li><a href="http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/multimed/pics/flowers/">Flower Picture Archive</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.isc.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery.html">Gallery of Plant Pictures</A>
<LI><A HREF="gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/11/.image/.bot/.401">Plant & Landscape Images</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.u-net.com/trees/">British Trees</A>
<li><A HREF="http://h2olily.rain.com/">International Waterlily Society</A>
<li><A HREF="http://ukh3375.med-ph.uni-sb.de/camellia/home.html ">International Camellia Society</A>
<li><a href="http://www.mc.edu/local/nettles/rofaq-top.html">Rose FAQ</a>
<li><a href="http://www.wimsey.com/~jmott/sbfacts/">Strawberry Fields</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp?hydrangea.html">Hydrangea home page</A>
<li><a href="http://pluto.taranaki.ac.nz/pukeiti/welcome.html">Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust</a>
<li><a href="http://www.assumption.edu/HTML/daylilies/about.html">Daylilies Online </a>(An Experimental Project)<BR>
<li><a href="http://155.187.10.12:80/anbg.html">Australian National Botanic Gardens</a>
<li><a href="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/orgs/bbg/bbg.htm">Brooklyn Botanic Garden</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lter.alaska.edu/html/gbg.html">Georgeson Botanical Garden</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.unomaha.edu/~gday/ ">Hypergarden, an installation of virtual garden spaces</a>
<li><a href=" http://straylight.tamu.edu/MoBot/welcome.html">Missouri Botanic Garden</a>
<li><a href="http://pluto.taranaki.ac.nz/pukeiti/welcome.html">Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust</a>
<li><a href="http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</a>
<li><a href="http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/homepage.htm">University of Conneticut</a>
<li><a href="gopher://bluehen.ags.udel.edu:71/hh/.botanic_garden/botanicg.html">University of Delaware Botanic Gardens</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://nabalu.flas.ufl.edu/flashome.html">University of Florida Herbarium </A>
<li><a href="http://dogwood.botany.uga.edu/">Botany Department at the University of Georgia</a>
<li><a href="http://www.btw.com/">Books that work</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cog.brown.edu:80/gardening/">Cindy's List</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.interaccess.com/users/cmi/cmi.html">CMI</A>
<li><a href="http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/gardcent.htm">Garden Gate: The Garden Center </a>
<li><a href="http://www.cybermalls.com:80/cymont/gardener/">Gardener's Supply Company</a>
<li><a href="http://metroux.metrobbs.com/tgg/">Gourmet Gardener </a>
<li><a href="http://branch.com:1080/infovid/c318.html">InfoVID Outlet - Gardening & Flowers</a>
<LI>Johnny's Selected Seeds - for catalogue send your POSTAL address to <A HREF="mailto:jscat@pipeline.com">jscat@pipeline.com</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.prairienet.org/business/klehm">Klehm Nursery</A>
<li><a href="telnet://.nybg.org//">New York Botanical Gardens Library [Log in as 'library']</a>
<LI>Richters Seeds - for information email <A HREF="mailto:info@richters.com">info@richters.com</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/busdir/gar/sph/sph_home.htm">Southern Perennials and Herbs (Mike Bridges)</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/busdir/sunshine/sunshine.htm">Sunshine Farm & Gardens (Barry Glick)</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://usa.net/venger/">Vengers orchids</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/maillist.htm">Mailing Lists for Gardeners, an extensive list of gardening-related lists</a> 
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<LI><A HREF="http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html ">The Arid Lands Newsletter </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/cyberplt.htm">The Cyber-Plantsman</A>
<li><a href="gopher://gopher.enews.com:2100/00/bookstore/growing_edge/intro">The Growing EDGE</a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/Homeground/homeground">Homeground</a>
<li><a href="telnet://psupen.psu.edu//">Horticultural Engineering Newsletter</a> (Login using your 2 letter state abbreviation)
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/SoLiving/soliv.html">Southern Living</a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/Sunset/sunset.html">Sunset - Regional Magazine on Western Gardening</a>
<li><a href="http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/Weights-n-Measures/index.html">Common Weights And Measures  - Common U.S. and Metric equivalents</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html">GardenNet</A>
<li><a href="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/spdrsweb.htm">The Garden Spider's Web</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.zadi.de/Gartenbau/garten.html">German horticulture server</A>
<LI><a href="http://hortwww-2.ag.ohio-state.edu/hvp/HVP1.html">Horticulture in Virtual Perspective</a>
<li><a href="http://leviathan.tamu.edu:70/1s/mg">Master Gardener</a>
<li><a href="http://lep.cl.msu.edu/msueimp/htdoc/mod03/master03.html">Michigan State University Extension - Home Horticulture</a>
<li><a href="gopher://bigcat.missouri.edu/11/reference/agriculture/guides-h">Missouri Extension Service Horticulture Guides</a>
<li><a href="http://unlvm.unl.edu/NEBFHORT.htm">Nebraska Horticulture Facts</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/orgs/nappc/nappc.htm">North American Plant Preservation Council</A>
<li><a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/hil/index.html">North Carolina State University Horticultural Information </a>
<li><a href="gopher://penpages.psu.edu/">PENPages</a> - Penn State University College of Agriculture
<LI><A HREF="http://www.informatics.sunysb.edu/hsclib/hortp.html">Stony Brook HSC Library</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/">Texas A & M Horticultural Programme</A>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/TimeLife/CG/vg-search.html">TIME LIFE Complete Gardener Encyclopedia </a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/cgi-bin/vg-zonefinder">USDA Zone Finder</a>
<li><a href="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/">Virtual garden</a>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/larch.html">Landcape architecture</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/homepage.html">The Garden Gate at PrairieNet</A>
<li><A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/garden-gate/homepage.html">The Garden Gate at sunSITE</A>)
<li><a href="telnet://heartland.bradley.edu//">Heartland Regional Network (Peoria, Illinois)</a><br>
---- [login as "bbguest"] Check the "home and garden center" <br>
---- for information about gardening<br>
<li><a href="http://www.monash.edu.au/diva/gardens.htm">DIVA (Digital Images for the Visual Arts) - Gardens & landscape design</a>
<li><a href="http://mistral.enst.fr/louvre/paint/auth/sargent/sargent.statue.jpg">Boboli </a><br>
---- John Singer Sargent 1907; purchased by the Brooklyn Museum in 1909;<br>
---- The title refers to gardens in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence<br>
<LI><A HREF="gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/11/.image/.bot/.401">Images</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.u-net.com/trees/">British Trees</A>
<li><A HREF="http://h2olily.rain.com/">International Waterlily Society</A>
<li><A HREF="http://ukh3375.med-ph.uni-sb.de/camellia/home.html">International Camellia Society</A>
<li>The <a href="http://www.mc.edu/local/nettles/rofaq-top.html">Rose FAQ</a>
<li><a href="http://www.wimsey.com/~jmott/sbfacts/">Strawberry Fields</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp?hydrangea.html">Hydrangea home page</A>
<li><a href="http://pluto.taranaki.ac.nz/pukeiti/welcome.html">Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust</a>
<li><a href="http://www.assumption.edu/HTML/daylilies/about.html">Daylilies Online </a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/bbctv/gdns_world/organic1.html"><B> Gardeners' World - Organic Gardening</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.pcug.org.au/~jallen/cogs.html">Canberra (Australia) Organic Grower's Society</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.av.qnet.com/~supak/org.htm">Organic Gardening - Sierra Pelona Posse</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/nbci">National Biological Control Institute</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.fcla.ufl.edu/FlaEnt/fehmpg.html">Florida Entomologist</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/ent.html">Entomology ColoState EDU</a>
<li><A HREF="http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/">Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (F.A.I.R.S.)</a>
<li><A HREF="http://biowww.clemson.edu/ento/cuentomologyresources/cesheets/cesheets.html">Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service - USDA joint project</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ctpm.uq.edu.au/">Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Pest Management</a>
<li><A HREF="gopher://infoserver.ciesin.org:70/7waissrc%3a/catalog/Agriculture/agricultural-market-news">Agricultural Market NEWS</A>
<li><A HREF="http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~MARKETING/MARKET.HTML">Agriculture Market Information System</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.milcom.com/fintrac">Fintrac Links to the World of Agriculture</a>
<li><A HREF="gopher://UNLVM.UNL.EDU:70/11/ianr/sustain/sustctr/sustnews">Sustainable Agriculture Systems Newsletter</B></A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.envirolink.org/pubs/Plants.html"><B>Plants and Sustainable Agriculture</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ewg.org/"><B>Environmental Working Group</a>
<li><A HREF="http://bbskc.kcc.usda.gov/gateways/pub.html"><B>Consolidated Farm Service PUBLICATIONS</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/njc.html">Not Just Cows, A Guide to Internet Resources in Agriculture and Related Sciences</a>
<li><A HREF="http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/www/agator/htm/ag.htm#contents">AgriGator- U Fla.</a>
<li><A HREF="http://ageninfo.tamu.edu/agriculture.html">Agricultural and Environmental Information Sources</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ciesin.org">CIESIN - Information for a Changing World</A>
<li><A HREF="http://frank.mtsu.edu/~sward/herb/herbpic.html">Algys' Herb Page</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/Goats.html">Irvine Mesa Charros 4-H Club, Irvine, California</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.okstate.edu/~animsci/breeds/">Department of Animal Science-Oklahoma State University</a>
<li><A HREF="http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu/">New Crops & Plant Products at the Department of  Horticulture, Purdue University</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.btw.com">Books That Work</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.nj.com/weather/index.html">NJ On-line weather Old Farmers Almanac
<li><A HREF="http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/cyberplt.html"><B>TheCyber-Plantsman</a>
<li><A HREF="http://cuc.edu/~wgts/Hort/hort.html">PLANT TALK</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.cog.brown.edu:80/gardening/"><B>Gardening</B></A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.cfn.cs.dal.ca/Recreation/Gardening/G_G_Home.html"><B>Gardens+Gardening</B></A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.btw.com/garden_archive/toc.html"><B>The Garden Encyclopedia</A>
<li><A HREF="http://sable.ox.ac.uk/~sjoh0061/">Oxford Poultry Resource</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~justin/Docs/arbor.html">Guidelines for Correct Pruning</I></B></A>
<li><A HREF="http://unixg.ubc.ca:780/~cityfarm/urbagnotes1.html">City Farmers Urban Agriculture Notes</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Welcome/welcome.html">Time's Virtual Garden</A>
<li><A HREF="http://ext.usu.edu/wsare/">SARE - Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/"><B>S.A.R.E.P University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.well.com/Conferences/agri/">The Well agricultural Conference</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.wholefoods.com/wf.html">WholeFoods</A>
<li><A HREF="http://cygnus.tamu.edu/Texlab/tpdh.html">Texas Agricultural Extension Services's Texas Plant Disease Handbook in HTML</a>
<li><A HREF="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/">Texas Horticulture Program</a>
<li><A HREF="http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~fairsweb/text/mg/19943.html"><B>Fruit Crops-University Florida</A>
<li><A HREF="http://broadcast.com/garlic/garlic.html">The Garlic Page</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.wimsey.com/~jmott/sbfacts/">Strawberry Facts</A>
<li>Whistling Wings Farm <A HREF="http://www.biddeford.com/wwf/">Berries From Dr. Razbry</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.cfarm.com/default.html"><B>Cascadian Organic Farm Homepage</B></A>
<li><A HREF="http://chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu:8000/www/chile.html">The Chile-Heads homepage</B></A>
<li><A HREF="http://meena.cc.uregina.ca/~liushus/bio/bio-pic.html">Colorful World of living things</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.halcyon.com/kenworth/sfr/sfr_top.html"><B>SmallFarm web site</B></A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html">GardenNet</A>
<li><A HREF="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/nexus/Permaculture/permaculture.html">Permaculture resources on the internet</a>
<li><A HREF="http://www.hillnet.com/farmbill/">Farm-Bill</A>
<li><A HREF="gopher://gopher.aphis.ag.gov">APHIS Gopher</A>
<li><A HREF="http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/no_image.html">MULCH-BASED AGRICULTURE GROUP</a>
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<li><A HREF="http://www.agriculture.com/">Agriculture On-line</A>
<li><A HREF="http://asset.arsusda.gov/WMRL.html">U.S.D.A<B> Water Management Research Laboratories</a>
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From mhoward@plainfield.bypass.comTue Jan 16 17:00:09 1996
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:58:37 GMT
From: Mark Howard <mhoward@plainfield.bypass.com>
To: london@sunSITE.unc.edu
Subject: BD Ass link

The link for the Biodynamic assc. should be :
http://www.his.com/~claymont/bda.html . This link is now working.-
 Mark
From ng13@cornell.eduSat Jan 13 18:27:53 1996
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 11:08:08 +0000
From: Nancy Grudens Schuck <ng13@cornell.edu>
Reply to: SAED-SHARE-L@cornell.edu
To: SAEd-Share-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Bio-Dyn Assn Home Page

Georgann, Elisheva and other SAED-Share-L subscribers:
a forward from SANET that seems relevant to our recent discussion:

Nancy Grudens Schuck, list manager


>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 02:04:43 -0500
>To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
>From: igg@intrepid.net (Intergalactic Garage)
>Subject: Bio-Dynamic Association Home Page
>
>The Bio-Dynamic Association of America's Home Page is now available at:
>www.his.com/~claymont/bda.html
>
>In the very near future the BD Association's book list will be added to
>this page as will a link to the Josephine Porter Institute of Applied
>Bio-Dynamics Home Page which will contain a list of quality biodynamic
>preparations made in accordance to Rudolph Steiner's recommendations and
>available by mail order to the growing public.
>
>Your suggestions and contributions to the these pages are actively sought.
>
>Contact me, Allan Balliett, at igg@his.com.
>
>Thank You,
>
>
>-Allan Balliett

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Nancy Grudens Schuck
Kennedy Hall
Dept. Education
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
ng13@cornell.edu
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Article 3686 of sci.bio.ecology:
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<David_W_INOUYE@umail.umd.edu> wrote:

>I am forwarding part of a message that was sent to the ECOLOG-L
>list.  The Electronic Newsstand is a commercial service that
>collects articles, editorials, and table of contents from over 70
>magazines and provides them to the Global Internet community.

Una Smith wrote:


>There is a Brazilian organization that does this for obscure Latin
>American biological journals, also for a fee.  (Don't ask me where:
>check the ECOLOG-L and bionet.general archives.)

    You may be talking about the Bioline Publications. They can be reached on:
http://www.ftpt.br/cgi-bin/bioline/bioline or by e-mail to:

Barbara Kirsop
barbara@biostrat.demon.co.uk


From gh43@mailserv.uni-giessen.de Mon Jun 19 00:02:01 EDT 1995
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Dear Netters:

We would like to introduce the home pages of our institute at
http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gh43/biometrie.html.  It also
contains links to the SMB and CSTB gophers as well as 1500+
listings relating to institutions in the following areas:

Agrarinformatik, Biocomputing, Bioinformatik,
Biomathematics, Biomathematik, Biometric*, Biometry/Biometrie,
Mathematical Biology, Populationsgenetik, Population Genetics,
Theoretical Biology, and Theoretische Biologie

If you would like to see your institute included in our listing,
please send me an email message.

Hope to see many of you at ICIAM 95 in Hamburg.

Best regards,

Dietmar Tietz

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From teach@ittc.ittc.ncsu.edu Fri Feb 24 22:05:17 EST 1995
Article: 245 of bionet.biology.n2-fixation
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In article <3h7ugn$art@hobbes.cc.uga.edu>, Jeffrey Dean 
<jdeanx1@uga.cc.uga.edu> says:
>
>Eng-Leong Foo mtc <Eng-Leong.Foo@mtc.ki.se> wrote:
>>
>> As the discussion leader, a responsibility which I have failed, I 
>> sometimes receive requests for subscriptions into the n2fix list.
>> 
>> Because I am still not familiar with BIOSCI commands, I have been
>> forwarding such requests to biosci@dl.ac.uk and dont know if action 
was
>> taken (unlike the Listserv software).
>> 
>> I have (finally) found out how to subscribe via email,....
>> 
>> Address your email to: MXT@dl.ac.uk
>> and write:
>> 
>> sub bionet-news.bionet.biology.n2-fixation
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Q: could someone tell me how to get an index of messages and how to 
retrieve 
>> them singly )
>> 
>> 
>> From: Eng-Leong.Foo@mtc.ki.se
>
>
>Eng-Leong:
>        All Biosci newsgroup messages are archived and are most 
>easily accessed by setting your gopher software to net.bio.net.
>If you use a WWW browser (Mosaic or Netscape) the best URL would be
>http://www.bio.net/ or you could go directly to the archives with 
>the command gopher://net.bio.net.
>        I hope this helps.
>
>Jeff Dean
>


From marwood@hawk.ewd.dreo.dnd.caMon Jan  2 23:02:33 1995
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 95 20:13:09 EST
From: Marwood <marwood@hawk.ewd.dreo.dnd.ca>
To: "Lawrence F. London Jr." <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Garden/Landscaping Design Software for Windows

> Thanks for the feedback. I'll add this to my faq.

	By the way, there is also a WWW site associated with the "Books
	that Work" company who produce 3-D Landscape and others ... 
	http://www.btw.com/.

	Gordon

From compost@magellan.cloudnet.comSun Aug  6 10:18:41 1995
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 01:41:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jim McNelly <compost@magellan.cloudnet.com>
To: Larry London <london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Bucky's Virtual Index (fwd)


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                     THE BUCKY FULLER VIRTUAL INSTITUTE
                   by Joe S. Moore   Updated July 29, 1995

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ATMOSPHERE                                                 PATENTS
                               GENERAL                     PICTURES
BOOKS                          GEOMETRY                    POPULATION
                               GLOSSARY
CALENDARS                                                  QUOTES
CITIES                         IRC
CLASSES                                                    SEARCH
CLOTHING                       LISTS                       SIMULATIONS
                                                           STATISTICS
DEBT                           MAGAZINES
DEMOCRACY                      MAPS                        TRANSPORTATION
DOMES                          MEDIA, MAGNETIC
                               MEDICAL                     UPDATE
ENERGY, RENEWABLE              MUSIC
EDUCATION                                                  WATER
                               NEWSGROUPS
                               NEWSLETTERS
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GENERAL INFORMATION: OVERVIEWS, SUMMARIES, ETC.
*ARTICLES, ESSAYS, ETC. (ELECTRONIC)
  Bucky Fuller                               (Robert A. Wilson)
                                    http://www.nets.com/site/raw/fuller.html
  Bucky Fuller Virtual Institute             (Richard Henderson & Joe Moore)
                              http://metro.turnpike.net/G/GoatBoy/bucky.html
  Bucky's Grand Strategy                     (Joe S. Moore)
                              http://metro.turnpike.net/G/GoatBoy/bucky.html
  Doing the Right Things                     (Medard Gabel & Evan Frisch)
                  http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/doright.html
  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)           (Chris Fearnley)
                                  http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf/fuller-faq.html
  Guinea Pig "B" (from 'Inventions')         (R. Buckminster Fuller)
             http://vaxa.stevens-tech.edu:8000/crywalt/inventions/Bucky.html
  World Game                                 (Robert A. Wilson)
                                      http://www.nets.com/site/raw/game.html
  World Game Home Page                       (Chuck Dingee)
                   http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drhome.html
  What the World Wants...and How to Pay for It (WGI staff)
                   http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/wwants.html

 DATABASES
  Bucky Public Domain    (Moore)   ftp://switchboard.ftp.com/bucky/RBFdb.lha
  Global Recall          (WGI)                  XTM00002@DUVM.OCS.DREXEL.EDU

 FILTERING SERVICES
  NetNews Filtering Server      (Body: "help")       netnews@db.stanford.edu

 PICTURES
  Bucky Public Domain  1A        http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/jm_gall.html
  Bucky Public Domain  1B                    http://switchboard.ftp.com/1/BF
  Bucky Public Domain  2          http://www.newciv.org/Bucky/BuckyPics.html

  Planet Earth 1                http://www.nosc.mil/planet_earth/photos.html
  Planet Earth 2          http://www.nosc.mil/planet_earth/earth_images.html

* Satellite Images                http://gopher.awis.auburn.edu:70/I/images/

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AGRICULTURE
 DEFORESTATION
  WGI         http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drsust.html#SUS2

 FOOD
  WGI              http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drfeed.html

 NEWSGROUPS
  Food                                                       sci.agriculture

 SOIL EROSION
  WGI              http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drsust.html
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ARCHIVES, SEARCHABLE
 Geodesic                                       listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
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ATMOSPHERE
*ANIMATIONS
* Spherical Anims of Earth's Cloudforms   (Pending; Eric J. Morris; PC?)
*  Spherical Visions                                     eric@pacificrim.net

*OZONE DEPLETION
* ARTICLES
   WGI        http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drsust.html#SUS3

*WARMING, GLOBAL
* ARTICLES
*  Global Warming
    WGI       http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drsust.html#SUS5

* SIMULATIONS
*  Windows for Image (Greenhouse Effect Simulation & Analysis; IBM-PC)
*   ME               ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/gmk/2050/Modeling/wim94-demo/
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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BOOKS (PAPER UNLESS NOTED "D" FOR DIGITAL)
 BY BUCKY
  4D Timelock                                                    bfi@aol.com
  And It Came to Pass--Not to Stay                               bfi@aol.com
  Buckminster Fuller Reader                                      bfi@aol.com

  Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity  bfi@aol.com
  Cosmography: A Posthumous......... http://intertain.com/store/welcome.html

  Critical Path                                                  bfi@aol.com
  Earth, Inc.                                                    bfi@aol.com
  Education Automation                                           bfi@aol.com
  Grunch of Giants                                               bfi@aol.com

  Ideas and Integrities   (Dave Morrison Books; used)  morrison@teleport.com
  Ideas and Integrities                                          bfi@aol.com

  Intuition                                                      bfi@aol.com
  Nine Chains to the Moon                                        bfi@aol.com
  No More Second Hand God                                        bfi@aol.com
  Operating Manual for SpaceShip Earth                           bfi@aol.com
  Synergetics (I): Explorations in the Geometry of thinking      bfi@aol.com

  Tetrascroll: Goldilocks & the Three Bears            morrison@teleport.com
  Tetrascroll: Goldilocks & the Three Bears                      bfi@aol.com

  Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity                 bfi@aol.com
  World Game:Integrative Resource Utilization Planning Tool (DIGITAL)
   Table of Contents          http://metro.turnpike.net/G/GoatBoy/bucky.html

 BY OTHERS
  50 Years of Design Science Revolution & the World Game (?, ed) bfi@aol.com
  A Fuller Explanation                        (Edmundson)        bfi@aol.com
  Basic Bucky (PD; D) (Moore) http://metro.turnpike.net/G/GoatBoy/bucky.html
  Bucky: A Guided Tour of Buckminster Fuller  (Kenner) morrison@teleport.com
  Bucky for Beginners                         (Laycock)          bfi@aol.com

* Bucky's 100s  (publication pending)         (Hoberman, ed)    ?   @   ?
* Bucky Works   (publication pending)         (Baldwin)         ?   @   ?

  Buckminster Fuller: Autobiographical Monolog/Scenario (Snyder) bfi@aol.com
  Buckminster Fuller: Autobiographical......  (Snyder) morrison@teleport.com

  Development Pattern of Geometric Structures (Thorsteinn)kingdome@mmedia.is
  Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller        (Marks)  morrison@teleport.com
  Dome-It-Yourself Instruction Book           (Thorsteinn)kingdome@mmedia.is
  EDC Booklet (163 Domes & Projects '72-92)   (Thorsteinn)kingdome@mmedia.is
* Ho-Ping: Food for Everyone            (Gabel) xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
  Nature's Forms                              (Thorsteinn)kingdome@mmedia.is
  Non-Being and Somethingness                 (Hample) morrison@teleport.com
  Synergetics Dictionary                      (Applewhite)       bfi@aol.com
  World Game Map Teacher Resources Guide (staff)xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
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CALENDARS (PAPER UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
 1995 Buckminster Fuller Centennial Calendar                     bfi@aol.com
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CITIES
 AIR
 LAND
 SEA
  Oceania Project                                        http://oceania.org/
 SPACE
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CLOTHING, JEWELRY, ETC.
 EARRINGS
  Celestial Orb               (Design Science Toys)             stuq@mhv.net

 KEY RINGS
  Marble Globe                (GENI)                           geni@cerf.net

*MUGS
* Earth from Space            (Geosphere Project)
                       http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geosphere.html

 NECKLACES
  Pendant Celestial Orb       (Design Science Toys)             stuq@mhv.net

 T-SHIRTS
  Global Awareness Unfolding  (BFI)                              bfi@aol.com
  Connect the World with GENI (GENI)                           geni@cerf.net
* Earth From Space     http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geosphere.html
  Natural Spaces Dome Logo    (NS)                     c/o   donh@hoflin.com
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COMPUTER, ULTRA-MICRO
 ARTICLES

 HARDWARE
  Applied Synergetics (Rick Bono)     http://www.cris.com/~rjbono/index.html
  Bono's Picture Gallery         http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/rb_gall.html

 SOFTWARE
  Applied Synergetics (Rick Bono)     http://www.cris.com/~rjbono/index.html
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DEBT
 National          http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drdebt.html
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DEMOCRACY, ELECTRONIC
 Voting By Phone Foundation (Evan Ravitz)               evan@welcomehome.org
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DOMES, GEODESIC
 ARCHITECTS, CONSULTANTS, DESIGNERS, ETC.
* Chu, Russell           (Tensegrity Structural Systems)
*                                                               RCHU@aol.com
* Clinton International Design Consultants
*  Joseph D. Clinton                                  c/o    donh@hoflin.com

  Fuller & Sadao, PC                                  c/o    EdApple@aol.com

  Thorsteinn, Einar, DI                                   kingdome@mmedia.is
   Kingdomes Home Page                        http://www.mmedia.is/kingdome/

 MANUFACTURERS, DEALERS, ETC.
  Aluminum Geodesic Spheres (AGS)        FL, USA    c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  American Ingenuity, Inc.               FL, USA    c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  GeoDomes Woodworks                     CA, USA    c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  Hexadome of America, Inc.              CA, USA    c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  Key Dome                               FL, USA    c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  Kingdomes                              TX, USA          kingdome@mmedia.is
  Monolithic Constructors, Inc.          TX, USA    c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  Natural Spaces, Inc.                   MN, USA    c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  Shelter Systems                        CA, USA    c/o  joemoore@cruzio.com
  Timberline Geodesics                   CA, USA          TLineDomes@aol.com

 MODELS
* 1 2 3 4 Sphere Kit (21")            by A.G.S. Products         bfi@aol.com
  Geodesic Dome Kit (BFI)                                        bfi@aol.com
  Glitter Globes    (Karl Schmidt; Transtronics)       kschmidt@databank.com
  Hoberman Sphere                                                bfi@aol.com
  Hoberman Sphere                                               stuq@mhv.net
  Kingdome Models (5)   (Einar Thorsteinn)                kingdome@mmedia.is
  Synergy Ball    (P Salsbury Designer; Design Science Toys)     bfi@aol.com
  Synergy Ball    (P.Salsbury Designer; Design Science Toys)    stuq@mhv.net
  TensegriToy                         by Tensegrity Systems      bfi@aol.com
  TensegriToy                         by Tensegrity Systems     stuq@mhv.net

 NEWSGROUPS
  Architecture                                  alt.architecture.alternative

 PICTURES
  Araki, Yoshiaki   (Synergetics Institute, Japan)
   Pine Dome Project      http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~t93827ya/dome/dome.html
  Dickson, Stewart  (Geometry & Geodesic Domes)
   http://mathsource.wri.com/~mathart/portfolio/SPD_Geo_port_detail.html#capsi
  Geary,   Carol
   Stained Glass Dome          http://sunsite.unc.edu/otis/pers/Geary_C.html
  Siqueira, Rodrigo (Tensegrities pics & text)
                 http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/bucky/buckminster_fuller.html
  Wright, Vedder
   Plastic Fork Dome              http://world.std.com/~vwright/hobbies.html

 SOFTWARE
  Dome Data Generator
                       ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/pub/povray/utilities/geodome.zip
  Dome Generator
                   avalon.chinalake.navy.mil/pub/utils/misc/geodesic_obj.uue
  Geodome software, Pics and Text
                 http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/bucky/buckminster_fuller.html

 TEXTS
  Birth of the Geodesic Dome--How Bucky Did It    (Lloyd Seiden)
                 http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/bucky/buckminster_fuller.html
  DOME magazine (Paper, Don. Hoflin, ed, Quarterly,CO)       donh@hoflin.com
  Domes in Australia                              (      ?     )
                       http://www.iinet.com.au/~mktrecom/corringe/wilja.html
  Earthquake in Japan                             (Yoshiaki Araki)
                      http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~t93827ya/dome/disaster.html
  Miscellaneous DOME Magazine Articles            (Einar Thorsteinn)
                                                           cindyk@hoflin.com
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EDUCATION
 CLASSES, COURCES, LECTURES
  Dome (Natural Spaces, Inc.)                       c/o      donh@hoflin.com
  Kingdome Correspondence Course                          kingdome@mmedia.is

 CURRICULA
  Project Synergy  (Gerry Segal)                        GERRY@BNK2.BNKST.EDU

*EVENTS   1995

* Bucky Fuller Centennial Celebration    ("Fall",     Philadelphia, PA, USA)
*  WGI                                          xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

* Bucky Centennial Event                 (Nov ??,     New York,     NY, USA)
   Cathedral of St.John the Divine                       ?      @     ?

*         1996

 ILLITERACY
  WGI               http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drlit.html

 WORKSHOPS
  Diversity     (WGI)                           XTM00002@DUVM.ocs.DREXEL.edu
  Energy
  Environmental (WGI)                           XTM00002@DUVM.ocs.DREXEL.edu
  K-12 School   (WGI)                           XTM00002@DUVM.ocs.DREXEL.edu
  World Issues  (WGI)                           XTM00002@DUVM.ocs.DREXEL.edu
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ENERGY, RENEWABLE
 GENERAL

 DISTRIBUTION (GLOBAL ENERGY GRID)
  ANIMATIONS
*  Global Electrical Grid  (10 min; IBM-PC Compatible; Russell D. Hoffman)
*   GENI                                                       geni@cerf.net
*   Compuserve        (Keyword: ANISOFT)           ( VGA)       GENI_VGA.ZIP
*                     (Keyword: ANISOFT)           (SVGA)           GENI.ZIP
*   America On-Line   (Keyword: ANIMATED SOFTWARE) ( VGA)       GENI_VGA.ZIP
*                     (Keyword: ANIMATED SOFTWARE) (SVGA)           GENI.ZIP

  ESSAYS/ARTICLES
   The Global Energy Grid          (Robert Anton Wilson)
                                     http://www.nets.com/site/raw/grids.html
   The Global Energy Grid          (World Game Institute)
               http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drnrg.html#NRG2
*  The GENI Model: The Interconnection of Global Power Resources to Obtain
*   an Optimal Global Sustainable Energy Solution   (Dekker, Meisen & Bruton)
*                      http://www.cerf.net/geni/Text/Simulation_Article.html

 EFFICIENCY
  ARTICLES
   Energy Efficiency
    WGI             http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drnrg.html

 NEWSGROUPS
  General                                                         sci.energy
  Renewable                                             alt.energy.renewable

 PRODUCTION

 STORAGE

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FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP) DOWNLOAD & UPLOAD SITES
  Critical Path Project    (UL)  cpp.critpath.org/incoming/

  Kaplowitz, Dave          (DL)  switchboard.ftp.com/bucky/
  Kaplowitz, Dave          (UL)  switchboard.ftp.com/incoming/

  New Civilization Network (DL)  ftp.newciv.org/pub/Bucky/
  New Civilization Network (DL)  ftp.newciv.org/pub/Synergetic_Geometry/
  New Civilization Network (UL)  ftp.newciv.org/incoming/

  Synergetics-on-the-Web   (DL)  ftp.teleport.com/pub/users/pdx4d/bin/
  Synergetics-on-the-Web   (DL)  ftp.teleport.com/pub/users/pdx4d/docs/
  Synergetics-on-the-Web   (DL)  ftp.teleport.com/pub/users/pdx4d/images/
  Synergetics-on-the-Web   (DL)  ftp.teleport.com/pub/users/pdx4d/movies/
  Synergetics-on-the-Web   (UL)  ftp.teleport.com/pub/users/pdx4d/in.coming/

  Wardley, Andy            (DL)  ftp.uwa.edu.au/pub/povray/HALL_OF_FAME
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FULLERENES
 ANIMATIONS
  Carbon-60        http://chem-www.mps.ohio-state.edu/~lars/moviegif/ex6.mpg

 MODELS
  Bucky Ball Carbon-60 Molecule  (Mondo-Tronics)                 bfi@aol.com
  Bucky Ball Carbon-60 Molecule  (Mondo-Tronics)             mondo@mondo.com
  One-Piece  Carbon-60 Sphere    (A.G.S. Products)               bfi@aol.com

 PICTURES
  Fullerene Structure Library
                                 http://sbchm1.sunysb.edu/msl/fullerene.html
  Mitshuho Yoshida's Fullerene Gallery
  http://cochem2.tutkie.tut.ac.jp:8000/member/yoshida/fuller/Fuller.html#fuller
  SUNY Stony Brook University
                                      http://buckminster.physics.sunysb.edu/
  Sussex University
                          http://www.susx.ac.uk/Users/kroto/fullgallery.html

 TEXTS
  Buckyball: An Excruciatingly Researched Report (Rodrigo Siqueira)
                 http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/bucky/buckminster_fuller.html

 UPDATE SERVICES (AUTOMATED E-MAIL)
  Articles  (Body: "help")                         bucky@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu
  News             http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/bucky/htmls/bucky.html
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GEOMETRY, SYNERGETICS
 DATABASES, POLYHEDRA
  Index Page                      http://www.netlib.org/polyhedra/index.html

GENERAL
  Synergetics-on-the-Web   (Kirby Urner)
   Home Page                     http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/synhome.html
   Art Gallery Index        http://www teleport.com/~pdx4d/ftp/artindex.html

 MODELS
  Celestial Orb                       by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Cubocta-Flex      (Stuart Quimby)   by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Dodeca                              by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Dodeca-Flex                         by                        stuq@mhv.net
  FeeBee/WeeBee                       by                        stuq@mhv.net

  Flex-Star-3                         by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Flex-Star-4                         by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Flex-Star-6                         by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Icosa-Flex                          by                        stuq@mhv.net

  OctaBug                             by Design Science Toys     bfi@aol.com
  OctaBug                             by Design Science Toys    stuq@mhv.net

  PolyGonzo                           by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Quad-Rhom                           by                        stuq@mhv.net

  Quix-I                              by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Quix-II                             by                        stuq@mhv.net

  Rhoma                               by                        stuq@mhv.net
  RhomBlocks                          by                        stuq@mhv.net

  Roger's Connection                  by Design Science Toys     bfi@aol.com
  Roger's Connection                  by Design Science Toys    stuq@mhv.net

  Stik-Trix                           by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Tetra-Star-8                        by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Turn-About                          by                        stuq@mhv.net
  Vector Flexor (VE)                  by Da Mert Company         bfi@aol.com

  VectorSphere-I                      by                        stuq@mhv.net
  VectorSphere-II                     by                        stuq@mhv.net

  VexaHedron                          by                        stuq@mhv.net

 MOVIES (ANIMATIONS)
  Hawkins, Richard
   Synergetics Movies         http://www.newciv.org/Synergetic_Geometry/

 PICTURES
  De Jong,  Gerald
   Gallery                      http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/gdj_gall.html
  Fearnley, Chris
   Gallery                       http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/cf_gall.html
  Getty,    Tom
   Polyhedra                      http://rainbow.rmii.com/~tgettys/poly.html
  Hart,     George
   Pavilion of Polyhedrality         http://www.li.net/~george/pavilion.html
  Hawkins,  Richard
   Synergetics Pics            http://www.newciv.org/Synergetic_Geometry/
  Plank,    Jim
   _  http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/pics/origami/keleido-pics/pics.html
   Origami      http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/pics/origami/origami.html
  Urner,    Kirby
    Polyhedra                    http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/ku_gall.html

 SOFTWARE
  Geometry Center   (Univ. of Minnesota)               software@geom.umn.edu
  Geometry Forum                                http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
  Geomview 1.1 (3mb)       ftp://geom.umn.edu/pubgeomview/geomview-bin.tar.Z
  Miscellaneous                  http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/sw_gall.html
  PolyWog    3-D Modeling program   by Elizabeth Kommit         chao@CRL.COM

TEXTS
  Essay on Synergetics      (Gerald De Jong)
                                    http://www.xs4all.com/~gdj/synerget.html
  Comments About the Book 'Synergetics'
                 http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/bucky/buckminster_fuller.html
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GLOSSARY
  Bucky Glossary              http://metro.turnpike.net/G/GoatBoy/bucky.html
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INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC)
  Discussion of Fuller's Ideas (Sundays)                     /join #geodesic
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LISTS, SUBSCRIPTION (l = lowercase "L", not 1)
  Geodesic        (RBF's Works Discussion)      listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
  Mission-Earth   (Whole Earth Simulation)        listserv@listserv.ncsu.edu
  Synergetics-l   (Synergetics Discussion)            majordomo@teleport.com

  Wholeinfo-l     (Summary  of Wholesys-l)               listserv@netcom.com
  Wholesys-l      (Abundance   Economics )               listserv@netcom.com
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MAGAZINES (PAPER AND ELECTRONIC)
  DOME magazine       (Paper, Don. Hoflin, ed, Quarterly,CO) donh@hoflin.com

  Synergetica         (Paper, Russell Chu, ed; Back Issues Only) bfi@aol.com
  Synergetics Journal (Paper,      ?     , ed, Santa Barbara)    bfi@aol.com
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MAPS, GLOBES, ETC.
*ARTICLES (PAPER)
* A New World Map for a New World Order
   WGI                                          xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

*CARDS (PAPER)
  GREETING
   BFI          (4" x 8")                                        bfi@aol.com

* POSTCARDS
*  SpaceShip Earth World Map   (Color; 5.5" x 3.5")
*  BFI                                                           bfi@aol.com

*CHARTS
* Star                  http://galaxy.einet.net/mall/Jill-Swift/geodome.html

*GLOBES
* FOLD-UP (PAPERBOARD)
*  Dymaxion Sky-Ocean      (5.5"diam; Color w/Population; S.S.Earth ed.)
*   BFI                                                          bfi@aol.com
*  Fuller Projection       (5.5"diam; Color)
*   WGI                                         xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
*  Dymaxion Globe          (6.0"diam; 4-Color)
*   GENI                                                       geni@cerf.net

  INFLATABLE
*  EarthBall               (??" x ??"; Satellite Images; Eric J. Morris)
*   Spherical Visions                                    eric@pacificrim.net

* POP-UP (PAPERBOARD)
*  Earth from Space        (5"diam; Color)
*   GeoSphere          http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geosphere.html

*MAPS
  CLASSROOM (PAPER)
                (12' x 26' Vinyl)
                                                xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

* GYMNASIUM
*

  OUTLINE (PAPER)
                ( 3' x  6' Laminate)
                                                xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

  PLAYGROUND
                (31' x 65' Stencil)
                                                xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

  WALL (PAPER)
                (34" x 22" Color Raleigh Edition)
   BFI                                                           bfi@aol.com
                (35" x 22" Grip-Kitrick)
   WGI                                          xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
                (38" x 23" Color Donnelley Edition)
   BFI                                                           bfi@aol.com

*POSTERS (PAPER)
* Dymaxion Map with Global Energy Grid  (34" x 22"; 4-Color)
*  GENI                                                        geni@cerf.net
* Geosphere             (Six Global Views: 24" x 36")
*  GeoSphere Project    http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geospher.html

*PROJECTS
* GeoSphere Project      (Tom van Sant)
*                       http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geospher.html

*PUZZLES
* Dymaxion World Map     (Wood; Color; ??" x ??")
*  Pacific Puzzles                                               bfi@aol.com

*SOFTWARE
  MAPS
   Global Recall         (Countries, World; MAC)
    WGI                                         xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

* ANIMATIONS
*  Spherical Anims of Earth's Cloudforms   (Pending; Eric J. Morris; PC?)
*   Spherical Visions                                    eric@pacificrim.net
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MEDIA, MAGNETIC
 COMPACT DISKS (CD'S)
* Introduction to Bucky Fuller       (Pending)
*  Blaine D'Amico                                  damico@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu

* World Game               (pending)            xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

 DISKS
  FLOPPIES
*  Global Recall                                xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

  Hard, Removable Cartriges

 TAPES
  AUDIOTAPES
   Around the Universe in 90 Minutes               ( 1.5 hrs)    bfi@aol.com
   Buckminster Fuller: The 50 Year Experiment      ( 1.5 hrs)    bfi@aol.com
   Everything I Know                               (40.0 hrs)    bfi@aol.com

  COMPUTER

  VIDEOTAPES
   A Win-Win Solution                              (15 min)    geni@cerf.net
   Dome-It-Yourself                                (45 min)kingdome@mmedia.is
   Dymaxion Lab:Experiment in Individual Initiative(?? min)      bfi@aol.com
   Dymaxion Lab: What Individual Can Do            (60 min)      bfi@aol.com
   Ecological Design: Inventing the Future         (?? min)      bfi@aol.com
   Modeling the Universe                           (15 min)      bfi@aol.com
   Selected Ideas of Buckminster Fuller (PD)       (55 min)    geni@cerf.net
   What If...A New Global Option                   (15 min)    geni@cerf.net
   World of Buckminster Fuller                     (90 min)      bfi@aol.com
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MEDICAL
*AIDS
  Aids (Icosa Virus Pics)         http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/virusviz.html

*HEALTH
  Health Care    http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drhealth.html
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MUSIC
*
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NEWSGROUPS
*ENERGY
  Energy                                                          sci.energy
  Energy, Renewable                                     alt.energy.renewable

*FOOD
* Agriculture                                                sci.agriculture

*GENERAL
  Fuller     (Geodesic List Gateway)                   bit.listserv.geodesic

*HOUSING
  Housing                                       alt.architecture.alternative

*POPULATION
*
*SYSTEMS
* Global                                            alt.earth.system.science

*TRANSPORTATION
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NEWSLETTERS
  Trimtab             (BFI,  Paper)                              bfi@aol.com
  GENI                (GENI, Paper)                            geni@cerf.net
  Global Peace Gaming (GLOSAS, Electronic; back issues) GLOSAS@vm1.mcgill.ca
  World Game Report   (WGI,  Paper)             xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
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ORGANIZATIONS
 Buckminster Fuller Institute              (BFI)
  General                                                        bfi@aol.com
  Newsletter: Trimtab       (Paper)                              bfi@aol.com
  WWW                                            http://

 Critical Path Project (FIX BBS)           (CPP)
  General                                               kiyoshi@critpath.org
  WWW                                            http://www.critpath.org/

 Global Energy Network International (GENI; Peter Meisen, Dir)
* E-MAIL
*  Internet                                                    geni@cerf.net
*  AOL                                                      geniproj@aol.com
*  Compuserve                                       75543.520@compuserve.com
*  WWW Home Page                                        http://www.geni.org/
* Newsletter: "GENI"  (Paper)                                  geni@cerf.net

  Bucky Centennial                  http://www.cerf.net/geni/Text/COVER.html

 Global Systems Analysis & Simulation Assn (GLOSAS)
  General                                               GLOSAS@vmi.mcgill.ca
  WWW                                                   http://

 Mission Earth (ME)
* Gottfried Mayer-Kress                            gmk@pegasos.ccsr.uiuc.edu
* Home Page (Santa Fe)             http://www.santafe.edu/~gmk/MissionEarth/
  UIUC            http://www.ccsr.uiuc.edu/People/gmk/Projects/MissionEarth/

 New Civilizaion Network (NCN)
  Steingrubner, Joachim                                       jhs@newciv.org
   Bucky Stuff                    http://www.primenet.com/~jhs/geostuff.html
  Funch,        Flemming
   Bucky Text                   http://www.protree.com/worldtrans/bucky.html
  Bucky Pics                      http://www.newciv.org/Bucky/BuckyPics.html
  Synergetic Geometry             http://www.newciv.org/Synergetic_Geometry/

  Synergetics Institute
   Araki, Yoshiaki            http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~t93827ya/index.html
   About Fuller         http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~t93827ya/dome/fuller.html

 World Game Institute                      (WGI)
  Headquarters (Drexel Univ.)                   xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
  Chuck Dingee, West Coast of North America Representative
                      http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/WGI.html
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PATENTS, SEARCHES
*Internet Patent News Service
*                               http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html
*Town Hall
*                                   http://town.hall.org/cgi-bin/srch-patent
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PICTURES, COLLECTIONS, MISCELLANEOUS, ETC.
*HOLOGRAMS
  3-D World Wide Holograms (Mark Diamond)                hologram@shadow.net

*PUBLIC DOMAIN
* MOORE, JOE
   0.8meg                      ftp://switchboard.ftp.com/bucky/Buckypics.lha
   2.0meg        ftp://switchboard.ftp.com/bucky/joe.moore.buckypics.jpg.tgz
   1.0meg                         ftp://ftp.newciv.org/pub/Bucky/jmoore1.zip
   1.0meg                         ftp://ftp.newciv.org/pub/Bucky/jmoore2.zip
   1.3meg                         ftp://ftp.newciv.org/pub/Bucky/jmoore3.zip
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POETRY
*
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POPULATION, TRENDS, ETC.
  General           http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drpop.html
  U.N. Population Div   gopher://gopher.undp.org/11/ungophers/popin/wdtrends
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QUOTES, BUCKY
  No More Second Hand God (Ch 3, pp 41-4)  http://www.emf.net/~mal/grok.html
  Synergetics
  Synergetics II
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SEARCH ENGINES (KEYWORDS: "GEODESIC", "BUCKMINSTER", ETC)
* Archie (FTP Archive File Name Searches)
*  (Telnet; Login: archie)                                archie.rutgers.edu

  Gopher Title Searches     (Telnet Login: gopher)  consultant.micro.umn.edu

  Web Crawler   http://webcrawler.cs.washington.edu/WebCrawler/WebQuery.html

  Wide Area Info Service (WAIS) FullText (Telnet Login:wais) quake.think.com
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SIMULATIONS, GLOBAL
*ARTICLES (PAPER)
* Games-Interactive Learning Environments       (author ?)
*  EMD org                                      xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
* Planning Diseases                             (   ?    )
*  Futurist mag                                 xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
* What Does Peace Mean?                         (   ?    )
*  WGI                                          xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
* World Game at Twenty                          (author ?)
*  Futurist mag                                 xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

*SOFTWARE
* Geosphere Project   (Tom van Sant)
*                      http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geosphere.html

* Global Recall Solutions Lab    (Floppies)
*  WGI                                          xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

* Global Recall Solutions Lab    (CD)  (Pending)
*  WGI                                          xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

  Mission Earth
                                                   gmk@pegasos.ccsr.uiuc.edu

  Morris, Eric J.
                                                         eric@pacificrim.net

  Multiple User Dimensions (MUDS)                             ?

* World Game Network            (pending)       xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
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STATISTICS, GLOBAL
  United Nations                         http://www.undcp.or.at/unlinks.html
  CIA World Fact Book '94      http://www.ic.gov/94fact/fb94toc/fb94toc.html
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TRANSPORTATION
 AIR
  AirCar
   Dymaxion Car (Chris Rywalt)
        http://vaxa.stevens-tech.edu:8000/crywalt/Bucky_Pics/Bucky_pics.html
  Transports

 LAND
  Mass Transit

 SEA
  Submarines
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UPDATE SERVICES (AUTOMATED E-MAIL)
  BuckminsterFullerene Updates  (Body: "help")     bucky@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu
  NetNews Filtering Server      (Body: "help")       netnews@db.stanford.edu
  Fullerene News   http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/bucky/htmls/bucky.html
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WATER
 Acid Rain    http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drsust.html#SUS4
 Drinking           http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/drh20.html
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JOE S MOORE           joemoore@cruzio.com    TEL: 408-464-3743
850 PARK AVE, # 3-A                          FAX: 408-479-0733
CAPITOLA, CA 95010      I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain.
------------------------------


From abeaudoi@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Fri Mar 10 15:09:55 EST 1995
Article: 5613 of bionet.plants
Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.mindlink.net!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!gpu!abeaudoi
From: abeaudoi@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Alwynne Beaudoin)
Newsgroups: bionet.plants
Subject: CAP WWW page
Date: 9 Mar 1995 04:56:10 GMT
Organization: University of Alberta
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Message-ID: <3jm1pa$p52@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host: gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]

I am pleased to announce the launching of the CAP WWW page.
CAP is the Canadian Association of Palynologists/
Association Canadienne des Palynologues. The CAP pages
contain information on the Association, announcements of upcoming
conferences, a directory of palynologists, an article on 
palynology, a guide to internet resources, news of Departments with
palynology programmes and information on laboratory equipment 
and supplies. CAP is the first national palynological organization
to have its own Web page. The CAP WWW page may be found at:

       http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~abeaudoi/cap/cap.html

I welcome your comments on this presentation. 


--
Alwynne B. Beaudoin PhD                        | My opinions do not
Palaeoenvironmentalist, Archaeological Survey  | represent my
Provincial Museum of Alberta, 12845-102nd Ave  | employers
Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 0M6, Canada             |
abeaudoi@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca                   |


From brian.clancey@stat.mlnet.com Thu Nov  3 21:37:24 EST 1994
Article: 2028 of sci.agriculture
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!deep.rsoft.bc.ca!stat!brian.clancey
From: brian.clancey@stat.mlnet.com
Subject: SPECIALTY CROP MAIL LISTS
Message-ID: <9411031646.0NJZV00@stat.mlnet.com>
Organization: StatPub
X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.08
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 94 16:46:03 
Lines: 26


  We have created two mailing lists aimed at people interested in minor crops
such as pulses (peas, beans, lentils), birdseeds (millet, canaryseed),
specialty oilseeds and other products.

 The first is called CASHCROP and you can join simply by sending a message to
CASHCROP-REQUEST@STAT.MLNET.COM and in the body of the message write the words
JOIN or SUBSCRIBE. This is an unmoderated mailing list aimed at discussing all
aspects of these crops -- including markets. We will put up a daily summary of
grower prices in Canada, plus some other public domain information to help
stimulate discussion.

 The second is a subscriber-based mailing list, which contains market
commentary, trade, and supply-demand statistics on specialty crops. This list
contains the same information sold by STAT Publishing via the FBMInet in
western Canada, the Globalink satellite system, and directly through its
publications STAT and the Grey Book statistical companion.

 To learn more about both lists sinply send a message to:

    INFO@STAT.MLNET.COM  

 Hopefully this information will prove useful to many of you.

 Thanks,
Brian Clancey


From cast@INS.INFONET.NETThu Mar 16 23:18:56 1995
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 10:50:59 CST
From: cast@INS.INFONET.NET
To: sanet-mg@wolf.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: new e-mail address for CAST

To: sanet-mg@wolf.ces.ncsu.edu     03/16/1995

The electronic mail address for CAST, given in the ATTRAnews Digest, 
March 1995, has changed. It is now cast@netins.net.

A printed summary of the conference, "Sustainable Agriculture and the 
1995 Farm Bill," will be available for $50 in early April. 



An archive of selected CAST documents, summaries, and news releases 
is now available over the Internet.
  WWW: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/CAST
  Gopher: gopher.inform.umd.edu
         -Educational Resources
           -Academic Resources By Topic
             -Agriculture and Environment Resources
               -Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
  Telnet: telnet inform.umd.edu
         follow the same path as in the gopher instructions


_______________________________________________
Robert J. Ver Straeten, Communications Director
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
4420 West Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014-3447, USA
phone: (515) 292-2125, fax: (515) 292-4512
Internet: cast@netins.net
From brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.govTue Oct 17 22:50:57 1995
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 08:28:54 -0800
From: Kathy Brunetti <brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: New California pesticide Web site.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation now has a Web site.  It
includes DPR news releases, fact sheets, other publications, and links to
related sites.  Among the publications available is the Suppliers of
Beneficial Organisms in North America booklet.

You can also search DPR databases for technical information on pesticide
products.  These include:
*Access the Chemical Ingredients Database by common, technical, synonym, or
trade names
*Access the Product/Label Database (including search by site code)
These databases will tell you if a product is registered in California, as
well as label information on the product.  The data is correct as of the
last update to the site.  There is also informaiton on how to contact us
for the most up-to-date data.
*Access Firm/Registrant Information

The site is still under construction.  Future plans include additional
databases such as the Pesticide Use Report and information on our IPM
Innovators program.

The URL is http://www.cdpr.ca.gov

Kathy Brunetti, Agriculture Program Supervisor
Department of Pesticide Regulation  1020 N Street Room 161  Sacramento CA 95814
voice (916) 324-4100  FAX (916) 324-4088  brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov

From books@ix.netcom.comSun Feb  5 21:51:16 1995
Date: 4 Feb 1995 00:35:13 GMT
From: Bob Berko <books@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Check out our WWW Page...


	Check out our WWW Page at : http://www.planet.net/cerc, let us 
know what you think, it should have some information of interest to you.


From bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news.duke.edu!acpub.duke.edu!pdrh Wed May 11 11:59:05 EDT 1994
Article: 610 of triangle.gardens
Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news.duke.edu!acpub.duke.edu!pdrh
From: pdrh@acpub.duke.edu (Peter Doyle Higgins)
Newsgroups: triangle.gardens
Subject: Extension info on the Web, Trace Elements
Date: 11 May 1994 02:51:37 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, NC; USA
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For those of you who have access to world-wide-web service or to nandonet
(the News and Observer thing), they have a connection to a searchable database
which apparently contains all of the NC Extension service pamphlets ever
written. Topic searches for things like diseases of crepe myrtles, plantings
to attract birds, etc. are easily done and give you the full text of the
appropriate pamphlet. Try it out!

Trace elements in the sense of human nutritional requirements are those 
components of our diet present in very small amounts that are important
to our health, but not so critical that we would rapidly develop a disease
if we did not get them in our diet. Magnesium is one example.

By analogy, I imagine that if one grew a plant in water and 10-10-10, it would
not be as healthy as a plant grown in manure tea.  Whatever the extra 
components in manure that contribute to this extra vigor are, they would be
considered trace elements.

That's my $0.02, anyway.

Peter Higgins


From bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news.duke.edu!phy.duke.edu!sls Wed May 11 12:06:24 EDT 1994
Article: 611 of triangle.gardens
Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news.duke.edu!phy.duke.edu!sls
From: sls@phy.duke.edu (Shelley L. Shostak)
Newsgroups: triangle.gardens
Subject: Re: Extension info on the Web, Trace Elements
Date: 11 May 1994 05:03:09 GMT
Organization: Duke University Physics Department; Durham, N.C.
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NNTP-Posting-Host: doomsday.phy.duke.edu

In article <2qph7p$cqt@news.duke.edu> pdrh@acpub.duke.edu (Peter Doyle Higgins) writes:
>For those of you who have access to world-wide-web service or to nandonet
>(the News and Observer thing), they have a connection to a searchable database
>which apparently contains all of the NC Extension service pamphlets ever
>written. Topic searches for things like diseases of crepe myrtles, plantings
>to attract birds, etc. are easily done and give you the full text of the
>appropriate pamphlet. Try it out!
>

Try these:

News and Observer:
	http://www.nando.net

North Carolina Gophers:
	gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu/11/Other%20Gopher%20and%20Information%20Servers/North%20America/USA/north%20carolina

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Gopher:
	gopher://twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu/1

Misc. Triangle-area resources
	gopher://merlin.nando.net/11/local


Shelley



From gwelker@mail2.lmi.org Wed Aug 17 00:21:38 1994
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 06:43:09 -0700
From: gwelker@mail2.lmi.org
Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <indknow@u.washington.edu>
Subject: International Earth Science Information


Here is a project that many indigenous peoples worldwide can contribute to, 
and also benefit from; to help protect Mother Earth.

Glenn
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What is the CIESIN Kiosk?

CIESIN's Human Dimensions Kiosk provides electronic access to 
unpublished scholarly papers and less accessible reports on 
the human dimensions of global environmental change research. 
The CIESIN Kiosk is currently accessible on four platforms.  
They are anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol) at 
ftp.ciesin.org/kiosk; electronic mail, Gopher. at 
gopher.ciesin.org/Kiosk; and from the WorldWideWeb (WWW) by 
typing the URL address: http://WWW.ciesin.org/kiosk/home.html

What is CIESIN?

The Consortium for International Earth Science Information 
Network (CIESIN, pronounced as season ) is a private, non-
profit corporation created that serves scientific, policy-
making, educational, and public access data and information 
needs.  It addresses urgent international concerns, 
including:  1) global environmental change and sustainable 
development issues and 2) the need to promote more efficient 
access, dissemination, and use of scientific data and 
information. 

CIESIN's mission is to provide access to and enhance the use 
of information worldwide, advancing understanding of human 
interactions in the environment and serving the needs of 
science and public and private decisionmaking.  To achieve 
this mission, CIESIN is developing an international alliance 
of academic, governmental, multilateral, public, and private 
organizations interested in understanding global, regional, 
and local environmental change.  In accordance with its 
mission, CIESIN archives and disseminates data relevant to 
understanding human interactions with the environment.  
CIESIN services support interdisciplinary research and 
applications in key areas including global environmental 
change and sustainable development.  

CIESIN is implementing infrastructure and data development 
programs with the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA), the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the 
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program 
(SERDP), the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the 
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Sustainable 
Development Network (SDN).  CIESIN developed and is operating 
the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), as 
part of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information 
System (EOSDIS), and operates the U.S. Global Change Research 
Information Office (GCRIO) for the Executive Office of the 
President.  In addition, CIESIN has organized and maintains 
access to an expanding Information Cooperative, a distributed 
global network of data centers and other institutions to 
provide its users access to relevant data located worldwide.  


What is SEDAC?

Operating as a major component of CIESIN, the Socioeconomic 
Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) is one of nine data 
centers in the Earth Observing System Data and Information 
System (EOSDIS) that supports NASA's Mission to Planet Earth 
program. While the other eight EOSDIS data centers are 
responsible for archiving natural science data, SEDAC's focus 
is on human dimensions of global environmental change.

With the aim of translating scientific data and information 
into tangible benefits to the American people, SEDAC will 
serve as a two-way information gateway between the 
socioeconomic and Earth science data and information domains.  
This will be accomplished in two ways: through the 
development of new policy-oriented information products that 
synthesize Earth science and socioeconomic data; and by 
providing the resulting operational data and information 
services to the public.

More about CIESIN's Data

CIESIN is developing global-scale, time-series, and baseline 
data and information on the human dimensions of global 
environmental change. Data identification and acquisition 
efforts are focused in these areas:  land and fresh water 
resources; industry and energy; agriculture and food 
security; population dynamics; economic activity; human 
attitudes, preferences, and behavior; policy and 
institutions; human and environmental Health; other 
supporting data sets and regional data collections 

More about the CIESIN Kiosk

The CIESIN Kiosk is an interactive electronic forum to 
facilitate information sharing on the human dimensions of 
global environmental change. The Kiosk encompasses two types 
of materials: 1) unpublished scholarly papers; and (2) an 
electronic bookshelf. The acceleration of research in the 
field of human interactions in global environmental change, 
the growing number of less accessible working papers, the 
relatively slow pace of peer review, constraints in 
publication and dissemination can result in a significant 
time lag before these materials are available to others doing 
similar work. The CIESIN Kiosk addresses these issues head-
on. It is intended to promote the timely exchange of current 
information on human dimensions of global change among 
researchers and policy makers, both within and across 
disciplinary boundaries. CIESIN's role, in short, is to 
provide the infrastructure for sharing materials that 
otherwise might be difficult to locate and access.

Unpublished Scholarly Papers

To better understand human interactions in global 
environmental change, both researchers and policy makers need 
a faster means to circulate scholarly papers and reports and 
to promote interdisciplinary interaction and discussion.  
Using the model of on-line dissemination of research papers 
developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory for the physics 
community (http://www.chem.brown.edu/chem-ph.html), the 
CIESIN Kiosk provides a service for rapid dissemination of 
research.  The unpublished scholarly papers section of the 
Kiosk, encompasses three types of materials:
*%     Unpublished scholarly papers for which feedback or
      comment from scientific 
%*     colleagues is desirable;
%*    Preliminary working papers;
%*    Background information or data.

Through the Kiosk, researchers can make their unpublished 
research materials available to others in the community.  
Copyright holders retain copyright.

Electronic Bookshelf

The CIESIN Electronic Bookshelf provides a unique set of 
information resources to the human dimensions community not 
readily available through other means. The electronic 
bookshelf provides access to reports, working papers, and 
other background information from the Human Dimensions of 
Global Environmental Change Programme (HDP) of the 
International Social Science Council, the SysTem for 
Analysis, Research, and Training (START), United Nations 
Environmental Program (UNEP), International Institute for 
Environment and Development (IIED), and the Canadian Global 
Change Program (CGCP). The CIESIN Kiosk provides the 
infrastructure for sharing these materials that might 
otherwise be difficult to locate and access.

Kiosk Features

%   Since the inception of the CIESIN Kiosk in Spring 1994, 
twenty unpublished scholarly papers have been made available 
electronically. These papers are not easily available through 
any other means, and they provide recent data and information 
on human dimensions of global environmental change.

% * The unpublished scholarly papers were collected from 
researchers and policy makers representing a broad spectrum 
of social science disciplines, including anthropology, 
economics, geography, political science, and sociology as 
well as agriculture and food security, economics, human 
health, population, land use, political and social 
institutions.

% *  The unpublished scholarly papers are based on 
environmental research conducted in various countries such as 
Brazil, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, The Netherlands, 
Nigeria, Rwanda, United Kingdom, and United States.

% *  The unpublished papers can be searched via general index, 
subject index, and also by entering keywords.

% *  The comments section of the Kiosk enables readers to 
provide input and comments to the authors. 

%   The CIESIN Kiosk is currently accessible through four 
platforms.  They are FTP (File Transfer Protocol), electronic 
mail, gopher, and WorldWideWeb.

%   The electronic bookshelf, another component of the Kiosk, 
is a collection of less accessible global change documents 
and these documents could be accessed through a global change 
program index. The currently available global change program 
indexes are HDP, USGCP, CGCP, START, IIED, UNCED, and UNEP.

%   Efforts are taken on a continuous basis to solicit high 
quality papers from human dimensions researchers from all 
over the world.

%   This unique service for information sharing on human 
dimensions of global environmental change is also publicized 
through relevant newsletters and Internet resources.

Accessing the Kiosk

The CIESIN Kiosk materials, which are primarily textual in 
nature, can be accessed via the Internet through File 
Transfer Protocol (FTP), gopher and the WorldWideWeb.  
Electronic mail access will be available to users of services 
such as Omnet, Compuserve, FidoNet, and Bitnet.

WorldWideWeb: 
(1) After entering into WorldWideWeb, open URL and type the 
URL address as: 
      http://WWW.ciesin.org/kiosk/home.html
(2)  To view the papers, click on the General Index and 
Subject Index 
(3) The papers can be viewed by clicking the corresponding 
code numbers.
(4) To view the document in the electronic bookshelf, click 
on the Organizational Index

FTP:
The specific commands used are the same for FTP and 
electronic mail. FTP commands are entered interactively, and 
mail commands are sent in the body of a message.  Step-by-
step instructions are included here along with an example for 
both methods of connection. 
If your computer has FTP:
(1) FTP to ftp.ciesin.org
(2) When prompted for a login, enter: anonymous
(3) When prompted for a password, enter your e-mail address, 
such as: 
      foobar@ciesin.org
(4) Change directories to access the CIESIN Kiosk using the 
command: 
      cd kiosk
(5)  Type: get kiosk-FAQ.txt  |more for instructions 
regarding accessing,
       copyrights, and submissions
(6)  The papers can be found in the publications sub-
directory. In order to get 
       the kiosk index file:
               (a) change directory by typing cd 
/kiosk/publications
               (b) type get index.txt
(7)  To retrieve a particular paper, type get <file name>
       For example, to view the paper number one, type get 
94-0001.txt  |more
(8)  If you are done, type quit.

E-mail:
If your computer does not have FTP:
(1) Send an e-mail message to: mailftp@ciesin.org
(2) In the body of the message, include the following 
commands:
      reply to <your e-mail address>
      open ftp.ciesin.org
      cd kiosk
(3) To retrieve a particular paper, type get <file name>
      For example, to view the paper number one, type get 94-
0001.txt  |more
(4) Type get kiosk-FAQ.txt for further instructions regarding 
accessing, 
      copyrights, and submissions.
(5)  Type quit after the last command

Gopher:
(1) Access the CIESIN Gopher at:  gopher.ciesin.org
(2) Select Kiosk
(3) To view the kiosk papers, select the title
(4) The papers can also be searched using keywords under the 
menu Kiosk
      keyword search. Select the Kiosk keyword search menu 
and enter any
      keyword.

Submitting Papers

Submissions to the CIESIN Kiosk can be made either by FTPing 
files into the Kiosk 
submissions subdirectory or by mailing a disk with the files 
on it to the CIESIN Kiosk Coordinator. 
FTP Instructions:
(1)  FTP to ftp.ciesin.org
(2)  When prompted, enter anonymous for user name
(3)  When prompted, enter your e-mail address for password
(4)  Change directory by typing:  cd /kiosk/submissions
(5)  Copy file to CIESIN Kiosk using the command:  put 
<filename>
(6)  Send an e-mail message to kiosk@ciesin.org with a 
completed copy of the form 
       RcontributorsU information.S

Postal Instructions:
Send either a 3.5" or 5.25" Macintosh or DOS formatted floppy 
disk with a completed copy of the form Rcontributors 
information:S

CIESIN Kiosk Coordinator
CIESIN
2250 Pierce Rd.
University Center, MI 48710
USA

If you have questions about the CIESIN Kiosk, please send e-
mail to kiosk@ciesin.org or contact CIESIN User Services 
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time at:

CIESIN User Services and Training
Phone:  (517) 797-2727
FAX:  (517) 797-2622
E-mail Address:  ciesin.info@ciesin.org

CIESIN User Services will answer your questions about CIESIN.

                                                                                
                      
August 9, 1994

Source: NETHAPP - Net Happenings List

From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 15:18:50 -0700
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: CIESIN (fwd)

[this may be of interest.  TH]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 13:52:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Larry Caldwell <larryc@teleport.com>
To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu
Subject: CIESIN (fwd)


______________________Begin Forwarded Message______________________

Please feel free to forward this announcement to other relevant news groups and
mailing lists.

ANNOUNCING CIESIN's THEMATIC GUIDES
-----------------------------------
Thematic Guides on the human dimensions of global change are now available
on-line from CIESIN (pronounced "season"), the Consortium for International
Earth Science Information Network.  The Thematic Guides are accessible under
"Information Resources" on the main CIESIN WWW home page, whose URL is:

  http://www.ciesin.org

or directly at:

  http://www.ciesin.org/TG/thematic-home.html

OVERVIEW
--------
Organized as World Wide Web documents, Thematic Guides provide on-line overviews
of several key areas in the human dimensions of global environmental change.
Topics addressed are:

o  Agriculture
o  Human Dimensions Research Programs
o  Human Health
o  Land Use
o  Ozone Depletion
o  Political Institutions
o  Remote Sensing

WHAT IS A THEMATIC GUIDE?

The primary objective of the Thematic Guides is to provide information resources
useful to a diverse audience of researchers, policy makers, educators, and the
public.  Most guides include a brief overview of the topics and issues covered
in the guide.  Additional sections provide greater detail on specific topics and
issues but are not exhaustive reviews.

The Thematic Guides also provide access to the full text of hundreds of journal
articles, book chapters, conference papers, research reports, and other
materials.  The reference materials are organized and integrated by brief essays
explaining issues in each subject area.  These guides are designed to complement
data-access tools by providing context and background  information to enable
users to quickly access selected background materials on key global change
issues.

WHAT IS CIESIN?

The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is a
private, non-profit organization serving the scientific, policy-making,
educational, and public communities' data and information needs. Areas of
international concern CIESIN addresses include: 1) global environmental change;
2) sustainable development issues; and 3) the need to promote more efficient
access, dissemination, and use of scientific data and information.

For more information on Thematic Guides or other CIESIN services, contact CIESIN
User Services between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time at:

CIESIN User Services and Training
Phone:  (517) 797-2727
FAX:  (517) 797-2622
E-mail Address:ciesin.info@ciesin.org

                                Posted 9/27/94
___________________End Forwarded Message______________
From pdh@u.washington.eduFri Sep  8 15:56:01 1995
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 11:56:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Preston Hardison <pdh@u.washington.edu>
Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu
To: Indknow List <indknow@u.washington.edu>
Subject: CIESIN/SEDAC Policy Instruments On-Line



International Environmental Agreements On-line

CIESIN and its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) are
pleased to announce the availability of the prototype Policy Instruments
Database (PIDB), an on-line tool for browsing and searching of text,
summaries, and status of treaties and other international agreements
related to global environmental change and sustainable development.

The WWW Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the PIDB is:

 http://sedac.ciesin.org/pidb/pidb-home.html

The PIDB allows users on the Internet with a WWW browser or telnet
access to ask basic questions about environmental treaties such as
"Which treaties are in force for a given country?"; "Which treaties had
entered into force by a given date?"; and "What is the text of a given
treaty?"  Getting the answers to such questions might have taken hours
or days of research using traditional methods. Now, users can  get their
answers in seconds or minutes over the Internet.  In many cases they can
also link directly to the international bodies responsible for
overseeing the treaties and to other related information resources.

"Policy instruments" are broadly defined to include legal documents such
as treaties, agreements, and laws; information on the negotiation,
structure, and status of these legal instruments; and directives,
initiatives, and statements from government agencies and
non-governmental organizations.  The policy instruments included here
cover nine global environmental issues: global climate change,
stratospheric ozone depletion, transboundary air pollution,
desertification and drought, conservation of biological diversity,
deforestation, oceans and their living resources, trade and the
environment, and population.  This initial version of the database
includes the full text of 120 international environmental treaties and
information on important dates and actions.

The PIDB was developed as a proof of concept and should be considered
highly developmental.  As with every developmental technology project,
there are known problems that we are working to remedy.  However, we
have now reached a stage where we will feel we will benefit from
feedback from a wider variety of external users.

The Policy Instruments Database is a cooperative venture that would not
have been possible without the participation of several different
organizations that have each made significant prior investments in
developing relevant capabilities.  The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), partners in
CIESIN's Information Cooperative, shared information resources that they
have developed to track the status and content of international treaties
related to the environment; Freedom House provided socioeconomic and
political data; the Multilaterals Project at the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy provided some digitized treaty texts; and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funded the data integration
and the development of the data access system through SEDAC, which is
one of nine data centers in NASA's Earth Observing System Data and
Information System.

You will need a forms-capable WWW browser like Netscape or Mosaic 2.00
to take full advantage of the database's relational search capabilities.
Alternately, if  you have telnet access to the Internet you may telnet
to infoserver.ciesin.org and log in as "lynx" to use a
character-oriented WWW browser.   Although we cannot currently provide
e-mail access to the PIDB's Web resources, we do hope to be able to
offer (or point to) such a service in the future.  

To learn more about  the PIDB, please contact CIESIN by e-mail to
pidb@ciesin.org, or call CIESIN user services at 517/797-2727.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Frederick Zimmerman
Research Scientist, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 
Phone: 313/741-4657 | Fax: 313/663-6622
e-mail: fzimmerm@ciesin.org | WWW URL: http://sedac.ciesin.org/


From lowell@zelinski.com Sun Dec 18 09:39:01 EST 1994
Article: 2469 of sci.agriculture
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
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From: lowell@zelinski.com (Lowell Zelinski)
Subject: Re: Cotton WWW???
Message-ID: <lowell-1412940942060001@zelinski.com>
Sender: netnews@netcom.com (USENET Administration)
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In article <3cg0ck$t00@Tut.MsState.Edu>, jjh2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Johnathan J.
Hoefker) wrote:

>         Does anybody know if there is a Web site that is devoted to 
> Cotton?  Just wondering.
> 
> --
> 
>                                                 Jonathan Hoefker
>                                                  - jjh2@ra.msstate.edu

I don't think there is :(  The closest BBS system for cotton is the one
run by the National Cotton Council in Memphis

ITs called COTNET... maybe we can get them to become a WWW site

-- 
Lowell

What a long strange trip its been


From gronbeck@access.digex.net Sun Jul  3 22:02:24 1994
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 1994 18:05:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Gronbeck <gronbeck@access.digex.net>
To: Renewable Energy Mailing List <renew-energy@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Alternative Energy Internet Server


FYI, the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology is in the 
process of creating a world wide web, ftp, gopher, wais, and e-mail 
server on alternative energy, the environment, and sustainability.  It is 
still under heavy construction, but you can get a preview by checking out:

   http://solstice.crest.org/

When more documents are added and a subject-oriented index is in place, 
an announcement will be made to the general public.  I am happy to hear 
your comments, suggestions, and questions in the meantime.

Christopher
ceg@crest.org

--
Christopher Gronbeck
Technical Stuff
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
gronbeck@digex.net     +1-202-289-5366     fax +1-202-289-5354

From craig.harris@ssc.msu.eduMon May  6 10:20:12 1996
Date: Mon, 6 May 96 7:33:57 EDT
From: craig.harris@ssc.msu.edu
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: reports from usda

sanet people may be interested in the theme reports noted below
cheers,
craig harris


New CRIS Theme Reports Available on Web
=======================================
Three new Theme Reports, compiled using Current Research Information System 
data, are available for viewing, printing, or downloading from the Internet 
(http://ctr.uvm.edu/cris/theme/theme.htm). The reports provide highlights of 
USDA and state research on topics of national or special interest. Each 
document may be viewed in its entirety, or individual sections of it may be 
selected. Most reports include: (1) a brief overview of the topic or related 
subject, (2) full descriptions of a sampling of projects related to the topic, 
(3) a listing of project titles, investigators' names, and research locations, 
and (4) a summary of funding information for the listed projects. Other sites 
providing links to CRIS Theme Reports include:

http://cristel.nal.usda.gov:8080 (CRIS Web Site)
http://ctr.uvm.edu.cris/intro.htm (CRISFRMS Home Page)

Theme reports currently available include "Precision Farming and Integrated 
Pest Management," "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Global Change," and 
"Wetlands: Function, Value, and Management." 


>From the Office of the Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, 
and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
B.H. Robinson, Administrator...................brobinson@reeusda.gov
Colien Hefferan, Acting Associate 
Administrator...................chefferan@reeusda.gov
CSREES UPDATE is available on the CSREES Home Page under "What's New."
CSREES Home Page URL: http://www.reeusda.gov
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this publication, please send an e-mail message 
to:  majordomo@reeusda.gov. In the body of the message, type:
subscribe OR unsubscribe csrees-update.
****************************************************************
 CONTENTS--MAY 3, 1996
UPDATE...BUDGET....FY 1997 Senate Appropriations Hearing
UPDATE...USDA....Nominations Sought for New USDA Advisory Board
...Rural Economic Development Action Team
...USDA Service Center Implementation
...Joint Council of Extension Professionals
...USDA Technology Demonstration Day
...Farm Bill Summary Available on USDA Home Page
UPDATE...CSREES....Experiment Station Directors' Workshop
...Forestry Research Advisory Council
...Watershed '96 Conference
...New CRIS Theme Reports Available on Web
...CSREES Committee of Nine
...CSREES Vacancy Announcements
UPDATE...PARTNERS....South Carolina State University
UPDATE...AWARDS....Award for Diversity Nominations
UPDATE...MAILBOX
***************************************************************


craig k harris
dept of sociology    michigan state university    east lansing  michigan  
48824-1111
tel:  517-355-5048    fax:  517-432-2856
From craig.harris@ssc.msu.eduMon May  6 10:21:57 1996
Date: Mon, 6 May 96 7:33:57 EDT
From: craig.harris@ssc.msu.edu
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: reports from usda

sanet people may be interested in the theme reports noted below
cheers,
craig harris


New CRIS Theme Reports Available on Web
=======================================
Three new Theme Reports, compiled using Current Research Information System 
data, are available for viewing, printing, or downloading from the Internet 
(http://ctr.uvm.edu/cris/theme/theme.htm). The reports provide highlights of 
USDA and state research on topics of national or special interest. Each 
document may be viewed in its entirety, or individual sections of it may be 
selected. Most reports include: (1) a brief overview of the topic or related 
subject, (2) full descriptions of a sampling of projects related to the topic, 
(3) a listing of project titles, investigators' names, and research locations, 
and (4) a summary of funding information for the listed projects. Other sites 
providing links to CRIS Theme Reports include:

http://cristel.nal.usda.gov:8080 (CRIS Web Site)
http://ctr.uvm.edu.cris/intro.htm (CRISFRMS Home Page)

Theme reports currently available include "Precision Farming and Integrated 
Pest Management," "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Global Change," and 
"Wetlands: Function, Value, and Management." 


>From the Office of the Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, 
and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
B.H. Robinson, Administrator...................brobinson@reeusda.gov
Colien Hefferan, Acting Associate 
Administrator...................chefferan@reeusda.gov
CSREES UPDATE is available on the CSREES Home Page under "What's New."
CSREES Home Page URL: http://www.reeusda.gov
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this publication, please send an e-mail message 
to:  majordomo@reeusda.gov. In the body of the message, type:
subscribe OR unsubscribe csrees-update.
****************************************************************
 CONTENTS--MAY 3, 1996
UPDATE...BUDGET....FY 1997 Senate Appropriations Hearing
UPDATE...USDA....Nominations Sought for New USDA Advisory Board
...Rural Economic Development Action Team
...USDA Service Center Implementation
...Joint Council of Extension Professionals
...USDA Technology Demonstration Day
...Farm Bill Summary Available on USDA Home Page
UPDATE...CSREES....Experiment Station Directors' Workshop
...Forestry Research Advisory Council
...Watershed '96 Conference
...New CRIS Theme Reports Available on Web
...CSREES Committee of Nine
...CSREES Vacancy Announcements
UPDATE...PARTNERS....South Carolina State University
UPDATE...AWARDS....Award for Diversity Nominations
UPDATE...MAILBOX
***************************************************************


craig k harris
dept of sociology    michigan state university    east lansing  michigan  
48824-1111
tel:  517-355-5048    fax:  517-432-2856
From PDOPKOWS@cris.nalusda.govSat Feb 25 21:15:41 1995
Date: 24 Feb 95 12:03:17 EST
From: "Philip L. Dopkowski" <PDOPKOWS@cris.nalusda.gov>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: INFORMATION SOURCES/CONTACTS

For sources of information and contacts on sustainable agriculture
research, or other agricultural, forestry, or food and nutrition
related research, a search of the research project file of the
Current Research Information System (CRIS) may prove helpful.
For those who may be interested, below is a brief description of CRIS
and methods for accessing the file.

                      ________________________

                CURRENT RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEM

USDA and State research scientists, research managers, and extension
specialists may request searches of the Current Research Information
System (CRIS) database - without charge for the service.

CRIS documents new, ongoing, and recently completed research of the
USDA/State university land-grant system.  CRIS technical information
specialists will conduct searches of the database and provide results
(project summaries) in hard copy, on diskette, via e-mail, or by
fax, usually within 10 days of receipt of the request.

Requests may be submitted by PHONE: 301-504- 6846, FAX: 301-504-6272,
or E-MAIL: cris@cris.nalusda.gov.  Address written requests to:
Current Research Information System, USDA, National Agricultural
Library Bldg., 5th Floor, Beltsville, MD 20705.

The CRIS/USDA database may also be searched directly on DIALOG, the
online retrieval system of Knight-Ridder Information, Inc., on the
AGRISEARCH CD-ROM of SilverPlatter Information, Inc., and currently
with some search limitations on the INTERNET via Gopher and WWW.
The CRIS office can provide additional information on direct access.

Local libraries may also offer online search service and/or CD- ROM
access to the CRIS database.

                     __________________________
From jbarclay@prairienet.orgThu Feb 22 12:58:07 1996
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 13:46:32 -0600 (CST)
From: John Barclay <jbarclay@prairienet.org>
To: csanetworking -- Farm CSA <farmcsa@aol.com>, gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu,
    igg@intrepid.net, john barclay <jbarclay@prairienet.org>,
    kitt.plummer@tcs.teradyne.com,
    "Lawrence F. Jr. London" <london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu>,
    mesa@hooked.net, Sarah Milstein <milstein@pipeline.com>
Subject: CSA Networking List set up.

The e-mail list "csa-l@prairienet.org" for networking on Community 
Supported Agriculture is now up and running.  The listowners are John 
Barclay (jbarclay@prairienet.org) of Prairieland CSA in Champaign, 
Illinois and Sarah Milstein of Roxbury Biodynamic Farm 
(milstein@pipeline.com).  Sorry for the delay in getting it up and 
going...we've just installed new listproc software on our local freenet 
and had some headaches.

To subscribe send a message to "listproc@prairienet.org" with "subscribe 
csa-l Firstname Lastname" in the message.  Don't use the quotes.

To send a message to the entire list, address it to "csa-l@prairienet.org".

The list is in the trial phase with the purpose/focus and frequently 
asked questions postings (FAQs) being developed.  After subscribing, 
please send a brief biography to the list and we will integrate it into a 
document that will be posted periodically to the list and available on 
the World Wide Web.

Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested or any 
other e-mail lists or newsgroups.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
John Barclay        (217) 352-4025     jbarclay@firefly.prairienet.org
Champaign, IL, USA   http://www.prairienet.org/~jbarclay/homepage.html
From csas001@unlvm.unl.eduWed May  8 14:51:54 1996
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 12:29:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pam Murray <csas001@unlvm.unl.edu>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: New CSAS Web Page

The Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln is pleased to announce its new World Wide Web page:
 http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/csas/

We hope that you will visit this site and offer constructive comments that
will make it useful to those who work in the general area of sustainable
agriculture. As with most WWW pages, this one will be revised periodically
as we have more to tell you about CSAS activities, and as we learn of new
sites to add to our "Other Sites" section -- speaking of which, if you know
of non-commercial sites you think would be appropriate to add, please let us
know so we can check them out for possible inclusion.  Happy surfing!
Pam Murray, Coordinator
Center for Grassland Studies and
Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
PO Box 830949
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0949
phone: 402-472-9383
fax:   402-472-4104
e-mail: csas001@unlvm.unl.edu
From mycowrld@cdsnet.netSun Mar 31 20:44:22 1996
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 23:41:41 -0800
From: Jerry Haugen <mycowrld@cdsnet.net>
To: sustag-public@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Unified Development ?

gjb@rkw.rau.ac.za wrote:
> 
> Can anybody give me the URL of a web site on Unified Development.  I want
> to use it for a development studies honnours research project.
> 
> Many thanks for your time and help.
> 
> Chrome Magnon.

I'm not sure what defininition of "Unified Development" you might want, 
but there is a web site at 
http://service.uga.edu/csra/udc.html
for The CSRA Unified Development Council (UDC).
That's the Central Savannah River Area UDC in Georgia (USA).
-- 
Jerry Haugen, Publisher
The Mushroom Growers' Newsletter
P.O. Box 5065 - I
Klamath Falls, OR  97601
USA
-------------------
MycoWrld@cdsnet.net
-------------------
From wrcotton@aol.com Sun May 14 23:45:53 EDT 1995
Article: 17865 of misc.rural
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From: wrcotton@aol.com (Wrcotton)
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Re: New Farmers...New Technology
Date: 9 May 1995 10:12:25 -0400
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NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com

In article (3oe8rb$q63@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu)
kwilhite@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (kevin wilhite) writes:

>I question the statement regarding soil compaction.  
>Plowing and disking hardly compact the soil, they work the 
>soil and plowing turns the stubble back under to compost.
>No tillage farming means in many cases an increase in the 
>amount of weeds necessitating increased use of herbicides.

>Kevin

I agree with your assessment of "no tillage".  It requires 
extremely close management and an increased use of 
herbicides.  In my message I did not recommend "no tillage".
The mulch-till and ridge-till systems to which I refer use 
mechanical cultivation and/or burndown for weed control.  
These systems are best used on row crops that are grown on 
beds, such as cotton.

The use of a plow or disk contributes toward soil loss from 
wind and water due to the clean-tilled surface of the soil.  
Each additional field pass further compacts the soil.  
Keeping wheel traffic in the furrow will reduce compaction 
in the growing area and help increase yields.

In crops other than row crops, the springtooth or sub-
surface v-sweep tools would be very helpful in weed-infested 
fields.  Plus, they keep the residue on the surface.  For 
further information on "less tillage" contact the 
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC).  If you 
have access to the World Wide Web their Internet address is:
<http://ingis.acn.purdue.edu:9999/ctic/ctic.html>.  Or you 
can phone them at 317/494-9555 or fax 317/494-5969.  They 
have a wealth of information available to help farmers.

Thanks for your comments, Kevin.

Wrcotton
Marilyn Ruozi
Interstate Equip. & Mfg. Corp.




---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 17:40:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
To: net-happenings <net-happenings@is.internic.net>
Subject: WWW> Campus EarthNet (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 20:19:41 -0600
From: Richard Lee Holbert <G_HOLBERTRL@TITAN.SFASU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list CNEDUC-L <CNEDUC-L@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Campus EarthNet

Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 19:47:54 -0600
From: John Louis Dettling <dettling@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Campus EarthNet (fwd)
Sender: Armadillo-Watch List <DILLO@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 11:20:15 +1100 (EST)
From: a.brookes <brookes@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au>
To: outdoor-ed@latrobe.edu.au
Subject: Campus EarthNet (fwd)

To campus environmental movers and shakers, students, faculty and
administrators:

We write you to introduce Campus EarthNet, a computer databank in
construction to advance environmental education and sustainable campuses at
colleges and universities worldwide.  EarthNet will be freely available
over the Internet, on the World Wide Web, and will be fully functional by
December.  We invite you to make a contribution to this powerful resource
for the use of all.

Below please find a brief description of EarthNet, as well as who can
contribute what, and how.  RIGHT NOW WE ARE ABOVE ALL SEEKING CONTRIBUTIONS
OF INFORMATION TO EARTHNET.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND LISTS THAT YOU FEEL
WOULD BE INTERESTED.

CONTACT:
Ben Strauss, 202/939-3338
Liz Alter, 202/797-5487
at
Campus EarthNet
Center for Environmental Citizenship
1400 16th St., NW
Box 24
Washington, DC 20036
Fax, 202/797-6646
------------------------------------

CAMPUS EARTHNET

Campus EarthNet is an international computer databank serving students,
faculty and administrators to advance environmental education and
sustainable practices at colleges and universities worldwide.  Project
workers are now collecting information and preparing to make it freely
available on the Internet.

INTRODUCTION.  Campus EarthNet continues the work of the Campus Earth
Summit, which gathered delegates from 50 states and 20 countries at Yale
University in February, 1994 to draft the Campus Blueprint for a
Sustainable Future.  The EarthNet is sponsored by the Heinz Family
Foundation, and is organized by the Center for Environmental Citizenship in
partnership with the Brown Is Green program at Brown University and the
Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

INFORMATION COLLECTED ON CAMPUS EARTHNET.  Campus EarthNet's mission is to
search for and offer materials that will be tools for real work-any
information that can help guide readers how to incorporate environmental
issues into the curriculum or how to improve campus environmental
practices.  The EarthNet therefore aims to include the most detailed
information available about existing programs, including working documents,
lists, and diagrams, not simply brochures prepared for the general public.

EXAMPLES.  A given university might provide such materials as the brand
names and bulk prices of energy-saving light bulbs which it uses, the
syllabi for all courses addressing environmental issues, and the annual
reports of the campus environmental center.  Campus EarthNet can accomodate
graphics, audio and video files, as well as text, allowing it to include
materials such as blueprints for sustainable campus buildings and design.

ORGANIZATION.  Files in Campus EarthNet will be indexed by campus and by
topic in branching trees of directories.  Individual files will be
cross-listed under all directories where they fit.

WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE.  Any person or organization, in or outside the campus
community, is strongly encouraged to share relevant information with Campus
EarthNet.

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE (in order of preference)
*Attach appropriate files to an e-mail message, and e-mail to
ccsd@access.digex.net; OR
*Mail Macintosh or IBM disk to Campus EarthNet at the Center for
Environmental Citizenship; OR
*Mail printed materials to the same address (loose 8.5"x11" sheets
preferred);  OR
*Call the Center for Environmental Citizenship for further instructions.

HOW TO USE CAMPUS EARTHNET.  Campus EarthNet will soon be available over
the World Wide Web, the newest and most versatile Internet information
sharing system.  WWW may be accessed using Mosaic, Lynx, or many other
programs.  If you are not familiar with WWW, ask a friend or computing
assistant who is; email or call Campus EarthNet; or find a book on the
Internet for help.  Once you access WWW, the URL (address) of Campus
EarthNet is http://netspace.students.brown.edu/environ/earthnet.  When you
reach the EarthNet, instructions will direct you to simple guides on how to
use it.

CONTACTS AND ADDRESSES FOR CAMPUS EARTHNET:

Ben Strauss, (202) 939-3338
Email: strauss@minerva.cis.yale.edu
Liz Alter, (202) 797-5487
Email: sealter@minerva.cis.yale.edu
both at
Center for Environmental Citizenship
1400 16th St., NW, Box 24
Washington, DC 20036

Kurt Teichert, (401) 863-7837
Environmental Coordinator
Box 1941, Brown University
Providence, RI  02912-1941
Email: kurt_teichert@brown.edu

David Eagan, (608) 266-5227
Email: djeagan@students.wisc.edu
Neil Michaud, (608) 263-3985
Email: nmichaud@students.wisc.edu
both at
Institute for Environmental Studies
Science Hall
Madison, WI  53706



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E-Mail: g_holbertrl@titan.sfasu.edu, rlh@tenet.edu
Land Mail: 210 West Austin, #204 Nacogdoches,Texas 75961
AGGIE '85, K-12 Educational Computing Consultant, INTERNET Surfer, Genealogy



From steved@ncatfyv.uark.eduMon Mar 18 22:13:23 1996
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:59:37 -0600 (CST)
From: Steve Diver <steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: effects of compost? (fwd)

Forwarded message:
> To: sustag-public@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 21:44:38 -0800
> From: "Bruce T. Bowman" <bbowman@julian.uwo.ca>
> Organization: The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Canada
> Subject: Re: effects of compost?
> 
> I would invite you to visit our Web Sites at:
> 
> Canada-Ontario Agriculture Green Plan
> http://res.agr.ca/lond/gp/gphompag.html
> 
> This Federal-Provincial program is designed to promote the development 
> of sustainable agricultural practices in the Province of Ontario. 
> 
> Pest Management Research Centre, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
> http://res.agr.ca/lond/pmrc/pmrchome.html
> 
> Pest Management Research Centre (PMRC), is part of Research
> Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada located in London, Ontario. 
> 
> When in our Green Plan Site, CHOOSE the RESEARCH program on the Home Page, 
> then select Project Summaries - Select #1.10 
> 
> Here is the summary:
> 
> 1.10 Assessment of the influence of manures for the control of soilborne 
> pests including nematodes, fungi and bacteria. 
>
> Contractor: Dr. George Lazarovits, Pest Management Research Centre, 
> Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford St, London, ONT, 
> Canada, N5V 4T3 
>
> Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess the potential use 
> of manures and related organic materials for reducing plant diseases 
> caused by soilborne pests. 
> 
> Expected Outputs: 
>  1.To conduct an initial survey of a variety of manures (animal, poultry) 
>  from a various sources and in various stages of decomposition to determine 
>  whether these materials exhibit an ability to suppress Verticillium; 
> 
>  2.To produce quantitative data as to the capacity of the "active" 
>  manures from various sources for reducing the survival of Verticillium 
>  and therefore controlling disease; 
> 
>  3.To monitor changes in populations of beneficial microbes in the various 
>  types of manures; 
> 
>  4.To identify factors which may influence disease control efficacy, 
>  such as: the source of the manure, rates of application, procedures used 
>  for composting, effect of soil type, etc.  
> 
>  Treatments found effective in the laboratory will be field tested in 
>  microplots and on farm locations growing potato and tomato crops. Field 
>  observation will measure pathology, soil microbiology and agronomic 
>  changes in the crop plants tested. Information as to the appropriate 
>  methods of application of manures for disease control will be generated. 
> 
> You can reach Dr. Lazarovits at:  Lazarovitsg@em.agr.ca 
> 
> You can reach me at: bowmanb@em.agr.ca
> 
> Good Luck
> Bruce Bowman
 
From CFWALKER@alex.stkate.eduFri Feb  9 11:03:53 1996
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 23:44:41 -0600 (CST)
From: CFWALKER@alex.stkate.edu
To: SANET-MG@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Cc: LFISHER@pearl.tufts.edu, CFWALKER@alex.stkate.edu
Subject: livestock prod.lists

You might be interested in checking out Center for Holistic Resource Mgmt.list
which can be reached at Majordomo@igc.apc.org with 'subscribe chrm-general' in the body of the message.  Lots about grazing in the postings.  
Good luck, Carol Walker.
From stevef@ceresgroup.comWed Apr 17 00:34:49 1996
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:39:10 -0700
From: Stephen Flanagan <stevef@ceresgroup.com>
To: sustag-public@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Ceres Online: Internet Tools for Agriculture....

Check out Ceres Online:  The business of Agriculture...

http://www.ceresgroup.com
        Ceres Corporation

http://www.ceresgroup.com/col/weather/weather.html
        AgWeather: Satellite & Data

http://www.ceresgroup.com/col/events/calendar.html
        AgCalendar: Search,Submit Events

http://www.ceresgroup.com/col/agweb/web.html
        AgWeb: Search, Submit URL's

http://www.ceresgroup.com/outlook/ao.html
        Agribusiness Outlook

Steve Flanagan......    Director of Internet Services

From stevef@ceresgroup.comWed May 15 20:13:23 1996
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 14:47:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stephen Flanagan <stevef@ceresgroup.com>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: dialogs on sustainable agriculture...

>  I miss the exchanges with
>those I do not agree with, in part because they are the people I tend to
>learn the most from.

Great comment, which I heartily second!  I'd heard anecdotally of this great
"Internet debate" and having been out of the country, missed it for the most
part.  I'll look forward to hearing the head to head debate in San Diego!

For my two cents worth... it's always easiest to preach to the choir, but to
engage the real issues in life usually means ignoring the hyperbol from both
extremes...

P.S.  Which California Farmer issue had the article you refered to??

Thanks,     Steve
Stephen R. Flanagan .... Director of Internet Services
Ceres Online............ The Business of Agriculture
            http://www.ceresgroup.com/col
From shelter@peg.apc.org Sun Jun 25 12:13:39 EDT 1995
Article: 6892 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: shelter@peg.apc.org (ctfote)
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Subject: NEW WWW SITE! -- Changing the Face of the Earth!
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 08:05:06 GMT
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                       ANNOUNCING A NEW WWW SITE!
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                    CHANGING THE FACE OF THE EARTH!
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   The Changing the Face of the Earth campaign is a world-wide
   program to bring about a solution to the problems currently faced
   by this planet and her inhabitants.
   ------------------------------------------------------------------
   The campaign is directed by Shelter International and its aim is
   to educate governments and the people of the world in the
   practical application ofthe timeless teachings of the Vedas,
   India's storehouse of transcendental knowledge
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   The Campaign aims to create public support for action to solve the
   world's current environmental and economic crisis in line with
   this timeless knowledge. Specifically:
    
      * Develop projects supporting environmentally sound self-
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      * Work towards the establishment of the perfect social system,
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From mikeb@radonc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Mon Oct  3 12:16:36 EDT 1994
Article: 45025 of rec.gardens
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From: mikeb@radonc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Newsgroups: rec.food.preserving,rec.food.cooking,rec.gardens,ba.food
Subject: Information on the Chile-Heads list
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Announcing the Internet mailing list Chile-Heads!!!

The Chile-Heads list is intended to provide a forum for discussion of matters
relating to chile peppers; including, but not limited to:

	o  Growing peppers
	o  Seed and plant sources
	o  Exchanges of seeds/plants/pods/etc.
	o  Exotic varieties
	o  Storing and preserving chiles
	o  Recipes using chiles 
	o  Hot Sauces
	o  Other related posts

The list is un-moderated.

You can subscribe to the list by sending a one line message containing
the command SUBSCRIBE to the listserv address:
	
	 chile-heads-request@chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

As of 1 September 1994 the list has been averaging about 10-12 messages a
day.  If you would prefer to receive the Digest form of the list (one
mailing per day) then send 

	SUBSCRIBE chile-heads-digest <your name here>

to  LISTSERV@chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 

Messages to the list should be sent to 

	chile-heads@chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu




From libby@igc.apc.org Tue Jan 10 22:50:43 EST 1995
Article: 50697 of rec.gardens
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From: Libby Goldstein <libby@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Pepper Seed Source
Message-ID: <APC&1'0'569f9ca5'395@igc.apc.org>
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There's a whole list of chile seed suppliers at

http://chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu:8000/www.chile.html

The Chileheads home page. If you don't have a web reader use the gopher.

Libby


From maffi@cogsci.Berkeley.EDUSat Feb 18 22:03:02 1995
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 95 22:04:49 -0800
From: Luisa Maffi <maffi@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <indknow@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Chiapas update


While the situation in Mexico and particularly in the state
of Chiapas is already fading out of the news, no true
agreement has been reached between the Mexican government
and the Zapatista movement, in spite of President Zedillo's
halting of the offensive against the rebels. There is in
fact evidence that, as the spotlights turn away from the
region, human right abuses may be occurring, in the form
of threats and even arrest warrants against opposition
members, NGOs, indigenous organizations, and so forth,
questionably accused to have Zapatista connections.
Hardships for the Mayan populations living in the conflict
area are to be expected. This is not a time to forget
about this situation. If you wish to register your concern
for the respect of human rights in Chiapas and the rest of
Mexico; call for a peaceful resolution of the conflict;
and request that efforts, both in Mexico and the US, be
concentrated on productive, rather than speculative,
investments and on overcoming the social and economic
problems of the indigenous and campesino populations
of Mexico, here are some mail and e-mail addresses/fax and
phone numbers:

Lic. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon
President of Mexico
Palacio Nacional
06067 Mexico, D.F.
Mexico
Fax: 011-52-5-271-1764

Lic. Julio Cesar Ruiz Ferro
Governor of Chiapas
Palacio de Gobierno
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
Mexico
Fax: 011-52-961-20917

Mexican Embassy in Washington
Ambassador Jorge Montano
1911 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Fax:1-202-782-1698
(or call the Mexican Consulate in your area)

President Clinton
Fax: 1-202-456-2461
Comment line: 1-202-456-1111
e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov

Mexican newspaper "La Jornada"
(progressive paper, publishes letters-to-the-editor
in the page called "Correo Ilustrado"; write in Spanish)
Fax: 011-52-5-521-2763


Human rights organizations:

Amnesty International
304 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
Fax: 1-202-546-7142

Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos
(National Human Rights Commission)
Periferico Sur 3469
Col. San Jeronimo Lidice
10200 Mexico, D.F.
Mexico

CONPAZ
(Chiapas human rights organization)
Chiapa de Corzo 19
Barrio El Cerrillo
29220 San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Mexico


For electronic info on Mexico/Chiapas:

Chiapas-l [l for list]
to subscribe, send the command:
subscribe chiapas-l
to the address: majordomo@profmexis.dgsca.unam.mx

mexpaz@uibero.uia.mx
to subscribe, send the command:
subscribe solidarity YOUR_NAME
to the above address


N.B.: The paper "La Jornada" is available (in Spanish)
via the WWW (World-Wide-WEB), at:
http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/~justin/jornada
From CGRSCH@prism.clemson.eduWed Mar 22 11:18:49 1995
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 10:40:09 -0500 (EST)
From: CGRSCH@prism.clemson.edu
To: apple-crop-mg@esusda.gov, peach@hubcap.clemson.edu,
    smallfruit-mg@esusda.gov, sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu, entomo-l@uoguelph.ca,
    Ken_Allen@Quickmail.Clemson.edu,
    tom_skelton.entomology@Quickmail.Clemson.edu
Subject: Entomology WWW and Gopher site

The Clemson University Entomology Department, Clemson, South Carolina 
now has a WWW site and a Gopher site available for your use.

The WWW site is at:  http://agweb.clemson.edu/ento/home.html

The Gopher site is at: entoinfo.clemson.edu

We are continuing to expand the information on both sites. Please take a
look and see what we have to offer

Clyde S. Gorsuch
Clemson Univ. - Entomology Dept.         Phone: 803 656-5043
109 Long Hall                            FAX:   803 656-5065
Box 340365                               Internet:  CGRSCH@clust1.clemson.edu
Clemson, SC 29634-0365
From vidic@infowks.comFri Aug 25 21:58:17 1995
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 09:10:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: The infoWorks Partnership <vidic@infowks.com>
To: EUMEDNET@chico2.rediris.es, sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu,
    ENTER-L@devcan.ca, eeurope-business@hookup.net,
    listserv@listserv.ncsu.edu, usaid-cbd-l@info.usaid.gov
Subject: _Community Information Service Management Guidelines_ 

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From fkroger@halcyon.halcyon.com Tue Jan 10 23:48:21 EST 1995
Article: 4998 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: fkroger@halcyon.halcyon.com (Frank F Kroger)
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Subject: Email course "Connect with Nature"
Date: 7 Jan 1995 23:20:33 GMT
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Michael J Cohen, Ed.D, will again be teaching the free email course:

"How To Let Earth Teach: Nature Activities for Wellness, Spirit and Deeper
Learning." 

This award winning nature connecting training course is designed for
people in the fields of education, mental health, and
environmental/outdoor studies and for anyone wanting to reconnect with
nature.  The course fulfills each participant's need to responsibly green
their critical thinking and relationships. 

Discover how our excessive separation from nature stresses our sentient
inner nature and causes our most challenging problems.  Learn to reverse
this destructive process.  Master thoughtful nature reconnecting
activities that dissolve stress by satisfying our deepest natural loves,
wants and spirit. This course teaches hands-on education, counseling and
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From pdh@u.washington.eduWed Nov 16 15:22:10 1994
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 94 08:45:33 -0800
From: Preston Hardison <pdh@u.washington.edu>
Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <indknow@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Biodiversity: Convention of Parties


   Please excuse the cross posting.

   I've placed a large number of files regarding the Convention on 
   Biological Diversity in the Conservation Biology ftp/gopher/www archives.
   These include documents from UNEP and NGOs from the previous
   sessions (I and II) of the Intergovernmental Committee on the
   Convention on Biological Diversity, and the current Convention
   of Parties to be held in Nassau, 28 November - 9 December 1994.

   The files are stored at Communication for a Sustainable Future
   (CSF) in Colorado. Users may ftp csf.colorado.edu, gopher 
   csf.colorado.edu, or point their Web clients to:

             http://csf.colorado.edu (the CSF Home Page)
      or     http://csf.colorado.edu/consbio (the Conservation Biology HP)

   The files can be found in the directories:

       Environment
          Conservation Biology
             Documents
                Topic Areas
                    Convention on Biological Diversity

   Feel free to contact me if you have questions. This archive is open,
   and I will be happy to help people create an area and put documents
   up if they are interested.

   Preston Hardison
   pdh@u.washington.edu
   
                  



From gwg2@cornell.eduSat Apr  1 12:17:09 1995
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 12:13:30 -0500
From: "Gilbert (Gil) W. Gillespie Jr." <gwg2@cornell.edu>
To: rpower@leif.ucs.mun.ca
Cc: Larry London <london@sunsite.unc.edu>, sap7@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market (fwd)

We in the Farming Alternatives Program at Cornell have just completed a
survey of Farmers' market vendors in the Northeast USA.  The survey focus
was farmers' markets as rural enterprise incubators.  We recently published
an extension-type bulletin, contact Sara Prout at sap7@cornell.edu for
ordering and other information.


 >------- start of forwarded message -------
>>From: rpower@kean.ucs.mun.ca
>Newsgroups: misc.rural
>Subject: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market
>Date: 29 Mar 95 16:23:06 -0230
>Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
>Lines: 19
>
>
>I'm looking for some information on how to go about establishing a farmer's 
>market or an open air market.  We are looking to establish this type of 
>market for residents of the community to sell their wares as sort of a 
>community development project.  
>
>-What are some of the pitfalls to be aware of?
>-What type of products tend to sell well?
>-Who comes to these markets?
>
>I've been to those open air markets in Europe and was duely impressed by 
>the selection and the sheer number of vendors.
>
>Any and all comments will be welcome!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Roger
>rpower@kean.ucs.mun.ca
>------- end of forwarded message -------
>
>
From gwg2@cornell.eduTue May 14 17:17:12 1996
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 14:29:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Gilbert W. Gillespie Jr." <gwg2@cornell.edu>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Cornell Farming Alternatives Web Page

The Cornell Farming Alternatives Program now has a Web Page.  The URL is:

http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/ruralsoc/fap/fap.html

Currently, our web page mainly covers publications, but will be expanded in
the future.  Comments are welcome.
****************************************************************************
Gil Gillespie                                                voice: 607-255-1675
Department of Rural Sociology  (&     fax: 607-254-2896
Division of Nutritional Sciences )         e-mail: gwg2@cornell.edu
439 Warren Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7801
USA

The transition to sustainability is like a bend in the road.  It will be
the end of the road only if we fail to negotiate the turn.
****************************************************************************
From gwg2@cornell.eduTue May 14 17:15:50 1996
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 14:29:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Gilbert W. Gillespie Jr." <gwg2@cornell.edu>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Cornell Farming Alternatives Web Page

The Cornell Farming Alternatives Program now has a Web Page.  The URL is:

http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/ruralsoc/fap/fap.html

Currently, our web page mainly covers publications, but will be expanded in
the future.  Comments are welcome.
****************************************************************************
Gil Gillespie                                                voice: 607-255-1675
Department of Rural Sociology  (&     fax: 607-254-2896
Division of Nutritional Sciences )         e-mail: gwg2@cornell.edu
439 Warren Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7801
USA

The transition to sustainability is like a bend in the road.  It will be
the end of the road only if we fail to negotiate the turn.
****************************************************************************
From hdt1@cornell.eduFri Jun 16 23:57:17 1995
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 11:16:00 -0500
From: "H. David Thurston" <hdt1@cornell.edu>
Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu
To: indknow@u.washington.edu
Cc: Lucy Fisher <lhf2@cornell.edu>, Kenneth Schlather <ks47@cornell.edu>,
    Christine Stockwell <cas5@cornell.edu>,
    H David Thurston <hdt1@cornell.edu>,
    Bernard Triomphe <bt18@cornell.edu>
Subject: URL for Mulch-Based Agriculture Group WWW page

Our Mulch-Based Agriculture Group has a new URL.  (A URL is a Uniform
Resource Locator (URL) or address that you can use on the WWW (World Wide
Web) to find pages when you "surf the net".  It often begins with:
http://).

Our address is:  http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/no_image.html

Description of the MBA Group

       The Mulch-Based Agriculture (MBA) group was officially formed in
1994 under the sponsorship of Cornell International Institute for Food,
Agriculture, and Development (CIIFAD). The goals of the MBA Group are to:

1) facilitate interdisciplinary research on indigenous and traditional
tropical mulch-based systems,

2) encourage exchange of related information between researchers in various
institutions/agencies and between researchers and the NGO/field level, and

3) consolidate, synthesize and disseminate practical, farmer-tested
information on mulch technologies. The MBA Group's main interests revolve
around mulch-based
systems that can improve agricultural sustainability for resource-poor
farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

        Mulch-based systems include: green manures, cover crops, and various
agroforestry systems that have a mulch or a litter layer of vegetative
biomass which is cut and left on (or partially incorporated into) the soil.
In addition to the centuries of traditional farmer experience with these
systems, there are also recent innovations made by both farmers and
investigators working with systems such as the velvet bean/maize rotations
in Northern Honduras, contour hedgerows in Asia and the "frijol tapado"
(covered beans) system in Costa Rica. Systematically studying traditional
and indigenous emerging MBA systems such as these can provide important
lessons for improving the sustainability and productivity of agriculture in
developing countries particularly on erosion-prone hillsides.

       Our motto is: "Sustainable Agriculture With A Sense of Humus"

Comments on our WWW page are welcome.


H. David Thurston
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-7835 (FAX-4471)

From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDUSat Dec 24 10:20:06 1994
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 21:45:10 -0800
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: Christmas message from President Figueres (English & Spanish)

This ftp site may be of interest.  The English version follows the
Spanish. TH]
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 21:17:53 -0600
From: Jose Maria Figueres <jmfiguer@quercus.inbio.ac.cr>
To: thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu
Subject: Christmas message from President Figueres

Amigas y amigos:

     "....Como Presidente Electo de Costa Rica he adquirido el
trascendental compromiso  de promover un nuevo modelo de desarrollo que
mejore substancialmente la calidad de vida de nuestro pueblo. El enfrentar
el problema de la pobreza es una de mis metas prioritarias, pero tengo muy
claro que todos nuestros esfuerzos deberan realizarse de manera sustentable
y en clara armonia y alianza con la naturaleza. No podremos alcanzar
nuestras metas si nuestras actividades alteran los delicados procesos
biologicos que sustentan la vida en la tierra....".

     Este fue parte de mi mensaje en el Foro "Del Bosque a la Sociedad",
celebrado el pasado 9 de mayo de 1994, mi primer acto de
gobierno, despues de ser investido como Presidente de la Republica de Costa
Rica. Cumplo con la obligacion moral que todo gobernante tiene de
rendir cuentas a su pueblo sobre los compromisos adquiridos. Esta es
epoca propicia para hacerlo: concluye un periodo anual con el gozo y el
espiritu festivo de la Navidad y se inicia otro, tiempo para renovar
esperanzas y revivir
dentro de nosotros los sentimientos de amor y paz para la humanidad, y para
la madre tierra que nos alberga y nos sustenta a todos.

     Me complace comunicarles que tenemos a su disposicion, en espanol y en
ingles, una sintesis del informe que he presentado al pueblo de Costa Rica
sobre nuestros logros en el campo del Desarrollo Sostenible. Sera un honor
para nosotros suministrarselo por medio del servicio WWW de Internet
(http://www.inbio.ac.cr/presidencia/des.sost1.html).

     Mis mejores deseos por una Navidad feliz y un 1995 pleno de realizaciones.



                             Jose Maria Figueres
                           Presidente de Costa Rica


Dear friends:

     "....As President Elect of Costa Rica I have taken on the
transcendental commitment to promote a new model for develoment that
substantially improves the quality of life for our people.  Confronting the
problem of poverty is a goal of the highest priority for me, but it is very
clear that our efforts must be carried out in a sustainable manner, and in
clear harmony and alliance with the natural world that surrounds us.  We
cannot achieve our goals if our activities alter the delicate biological
processes which sustain life on Earth..."

     This was part of the message I presented at the International Forum
"From Forest to Society" which was celebrated this past 9th of May, 1994,
constituting the first act of my administration.  I abide by the moral
obligation that all leaders acquire to fulfill commitments made to one's
people.  And now is a good time to begin: the conclusion of the old year
and the ushering of the new are united in the celebration and spirituality
of the Holidays and reawaken within us sentiments of love and peace towards
humankind, and towards our Mother Earth who shelters and provides for us
all.

     I am pleased to offer a synthesis, both in Spanish and English, of the
report I presented to the Costa Rican people regarding our achievements in
the field of Sustainable Development.  It is an honor for me to provide you
with this information through the INTERNET's World Wide Web (WWW) service
(http://www.inbio.ac.cr/presidencia/des.sost1.html).

     My heartfelt wishes for a Happy Holiday Season, and a Prosperous New Year.



                             Jose Maria Figueres
                           President of Costa Rica
From cmc@sydney.unidata.oz.auFri Mar 24 11:16:14 1995
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 95 15:47:04 +1000
From: Charles Cave <cmc@sydney.unidata.oz.au>
To: jim.mcnelly@granite.mn.org, LONDON@SUNSITE.UNC.EDU,
    76440.1416@COMPUSERVE.COM, MM24681@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU,
    71055.3435@COMPUSERVE.COM, massey@world.std.com, LONDON@SUNSITE.UNC.EDU,
    rfprince@netcom.com, CALABRES@COD.NOSC.MIL, PMCNELLY@LIBERTY.COM
Subject: Creativity FAQ and the World Wide Web

          

I saw your name on a document I found at an ftp site 
discussing the formation of the misc.creativity newsgroup
and creating an FAQ.

As none of your email addresses were familiar to me, I  wanted
to let you know that the newsgroup is alive and well, and there
are three FAQ documents.

In addition, I have set up a set of World Wide Web pages
which I hope can be extended to address most of the questions.

Here is the announcement recently posted....


                ==========================================
                CREATIVITY RESOURCES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
                ==========================================
  
  			     ANNOUNCEMENT
  
  
  The creation of the misc.creativity newsgroup in May 1994 together
  with several active mailing lists, has brought together many people
  from around the world sharing a common interest in creative thinking.
  
  Much of the information from contributors to the newsgroup has been
  compiled in three "Frequently Asked Questions" Documents.  The World
  Wide Web, combined with powerful graphical browser programs makes
  access to this information easier. A network of people, information
  resources and ideas is being forged as more and more Web servers come
  on line.
  
  		 A CREATIVITY WEB PAGE IS NOW ON-LINE
  
  	      http://www.unidata.com/~ucc01/creative.htm
  
  Point your browser to the URL above and browse through information on
  resources, techniques, ideas, and the latest news.  Follow links to
  related areas, including the Creativity Cafe.
  
                            VIRTUAL BOOK STORE 
  
  Information is now being compiled on authors, books and publishers and
  linked into the book resource section of the web. Read the author
  biographies, the book overview (and table of contents) and what other
  people have to say about the book.
  
                      VIRTUAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE STORE
  
  Personal computer software, whether public-domain, shareware or
  commercial can be useful in the creative process. Read reviews of the
  software, the
  
  			 YOUR INPUT IS VALUED
  
  The creativity web pages are growing and the result of team efforts.
  Your contributions of book and software reviews, courses, conferences,
  organisations or any ideas you have will be a welcome addition.
  
  				   
  		 For further details, please contact:
  	       Charles Cave at charles@jolt.mpx.com.au
  				  or
  	     Paul Rousseau at roussea@server.uwindsor.ca
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
                           CREATIVITY HOME PAGE
  	      http://www.unidata.com/~ucc01/creative.htm
  
     Welcome to the home page for the misc.creativity newsgroup, where
     creative people get together. This page is designed as a springboard
     for creativity resources on the Internet. You may be interested to
     read the charter for the group, or move straight on to the current
     news.
     
     Already, the newsgroup has a collection of Frequently Asked Question
     Documents answering the following questions:-
     
  1 - Resources
  
      1. Resources discussing and promoting creativity
            + Books   (Virtual Bookstore under construction)
            + Journals
            + Films
            + Audio Recordings
            + Software (Virtual computer store under construction)
            + Magazines
      2. What are the major conferences and annual meetings related to
         creativity?
      3. Who (people and organizations) does creativity training and
         certification?
      4. What are the main professional groups in the field of creativity?
      5. What are the resources on the Internet related to creativity?
         (lists, newsgroups and e-magazines)
         
  2 - General Questions
  
      1. What is Creativity?
      2. How do I know if I am, or could be, creative?
      3. Isn't creativity found in a few people, like inventors or artists?
      4. What can I do to increase my creativity?
      5. Obstacles to Creativity
      6. Coping with Daily Distractions
         
  3 - Techniques and Methods
  
       * What can I do to increase my creativity?
       * Some methodologies for improving creativity
       * Positive sections to improve creativity abilities
       * Systematically enhancing individual and colle ctive creative
         competencies
         
  Some interesting Web Pages related to Creativity
  
       * Creativity Cafe
       * NLP Web Page
  
  Coming soon:-  [NOW INSTALLED!]
       
       Thought-provoking quotations for creative thinking
       Affirmations


Charles


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From asilverm@moose.uvm.eduSun Feb 25 23:36:28 1996
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 16:12:00 -0500 (EST)
From: "Aaron J. Silverman" <asilverm@moose.uvm.edu>
To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Cost of Production for Organically grown crops

UC Davis published a report entitled "Cultural Pracitces and Sample Costs 
for Organic Vegetable Production." The text of this report, and ordering 
information are available on UC Davis' web page: 
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
  Unfortunately, the report is currently out of print, with no scheduled 
reprinting date. To compound this, the printout of the report available 
electronically does not include the many tables that contain the data 
which is the very heart of the report. Would anyone who has a hard copy 
of this report be willing to send me a copy (snail mail, email, or fax) 
of the tables?

Thanks,
Aaron



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aaron Silverman
Ethan Allen Homestead
Burlington, Vt. 05401
				"Every failure is a piece of future luck."
							Jules Pfieffer
asilverm@together.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From barryg@slip.net Wed May 17 23:49:35 EDT 1995
Article: 69822 of rec.gardens
Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!slip.net!usenet
From: barryg@slip.net (Barry Glick)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: The Cyber-Plantsman-  New site on theWWW
Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 12:59:17 GMT
Organization: Slip.Net
Lines: 17
Message-ID: <3ovm68$2k4@slip-1.slip.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: chisp32.slip.net
X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.46

The first issue of the Cyber-Plantsman is up and running at the
Virtual Mirror on the WWW. The URL is
http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/cyberplt.htm

We want the CP to be an invaluable source for the dissemination of
information for serious gardeners, botanists and horticulturists.

All ideas, contributions, suggestions and constructive critism are 
welcome and encouraged.

There is a mail form link in the pages, so please let us know what you
think.

Happy Gardening,
Barry Glick Editor
Robert Stewart Publisher



From jim.mcnelly@gcbb.granite.mn.org Mon Apr 18 08:26:22 1994
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 94 00:49:00 +0600
From: Jim Mcnelly <jim.mcnelly@gcbb.granite.mn.org>
To: LONDON@SUNSITE.UNC.EDU
Subject: CYBER SPACE BBS

Subject: CYBER SPACE BBS

This message was originally addressed to Leo Elliott [76440.1416@COMPUSERVE.COM]
and a carbon copy was sent to you.
                    ----------------------------------------
I thought I'd let you know of some of the new developments here in Saint
Cloud.  The world of BBSing is taking a quantum leap forward.  Local
BBSs may just give the cable companies a run for their money on the new
highway with no limits.

This message was originally in conference Main Board on GRANITE (Granite
City BBS) and was forwarded to you by JIM MCNELLY


   ---------------------------------------- BUCKLE UP
                    AND HANG ON FOR YOUR RIDE INTO "CYBER SPACE"

We (Rusty and Christine), have some exciting news for you. We hope that
you will bear with us. This is going to be a long explanation.
First, the OUTPOST! and GRANITE CITY INFORMATION SERVICE are now joined
together as ONE BBS.  We have decide to call this new "venture"
                        CYBER SPACE
Both of us are very very excited about the possibilities that this
joining will provide to St. Cloud (and the rest of Minnesota).

   First off, NO ONE will loose anything at all with this joining.
Everyone will be gaining a LOT. So, for those of you who called to GCB
a short explanation.
We will be running PCBoard as a door to the Major BBS, so that those of
you using qmail or cam-mail or pcboards .qwk feature will still have it
available. We may also keep ONE (1) node setup (656-0678?) as a dialin
for mail only.  All the files on GCB will be moved to Cyber Space.  All
that will be left on GCB will be mail (all 3,500 conferences).  I plan
to write a Robo script and 1stReader script to log in and open the
pcboard door, then log you into pcboard and get your mail (so that
nothing will change).  I do not have the ability to write scripts for
QModem so, someone else will need to to that.  You (as former PCBoard
users), will now have access to all the cdroms (18) available on Cyber
Space. You will also have access to the forums (MajorNet) conferences.
Of course, you will have access to all the online gaming and other
goodies (like tradewars,mutants, fazuul, androids, super lotto, super
nova, hangman and all the other interactive games).  Your account on GCB
will stay active as is BUT you will also have your "time left" converted
over to Cyber Space's accounting methods (credits).  We will take your
time left, what you paid and divide it down to credits.  This way you
loose nothing.
Now, for those of you OUTPOST! users. You also will loose nothing.  BUT,
you will gain access to all 3,500 conferences that PCBoard offered.  For
those of you who don't know.... we offer Intelec a (national/worldwide)
network of about 150 conferences on many many topics. Please, download
INTELEC.TXT for a listing of the conferences available.  Also available
is ILINK, a (national/worldwide) network of 50 (so far) conferences.
These are different than Intelec but some have the same topics. Please,
download ILINK.TXT for more information.  PEN (Planet Earth Network) is
a network of Ecological conferences on (guess?)... Planet Earth.
Download PEN.TXT for a listing.  One of the most exciting additions for
you will be the Internet.  You will have access to over 3,000 Internet
Newsgroups and a private Internet email address!!! WOW! this is going to
be GREAT!  You can send mail to anyone, anywhere (that is on the
Internet).  Send mail to your friends at America On-Line, Compuserve,
Genie, Prodigy, MCI Mail, AT&T Mail, etc etc etc etc..  You also will
need to open the PCBoard door to use these conferences.
Now, for more information to all of you.  There are going to be a LOT of
exciting additions to Cyber Space.  One of the most exciting is the
addition of 2 more 6 user packs. What that means is the addition of at
least 8 more phone lines!!! YEA!!! This means MORE users online at the
same time. More excitement in the games. More chatting going on. With
the addition of Chat Link... all 16+ of you can talk (chat) to hundreds
of others LIVE across the country (more on this below) We will be adding
many new modules to Cyber Space and here are just a few......

                        Chat Link
    Links Cyber Space BBS to other systems world wide - hundreds of
    users in the Teleconference area at one time... Includes another
    entire message/forum area with file attachments... You can send
    files to other users across the country..

                        OMNI MALL
     Allows users to purchase and order products and services online
     with a charge card....

                        VISA MAN
     You will be able to purchase credits with Visa or MasterCard and
     get the credits instantly......

                        MORE USER PACKS
     Allows for up to 20 nodes to be added to this system......

                        Photo Data Base
     Data Base where users can advertise and attach VGA photos that
     can be viewed online....

OK... that done with... how about the new features and additions to
Major BBS version 6.2?

                   File Libraries-Fully Ripped
      New file library area with full-screen tagging, super CD ROM
support, auto DIZ file extraction.. advanced searching and more...

                        New .QWK
      Integrated QWK mail for reading and writing messages offline..

                        New Polls and Questionnaires
      Has intelligent branching, account macros, auto tallying and
granting of files or credits.....

              New Ripped interface though entire system...


                        Support for 28.8k
      We will have 28.8 modems online for you speedsters..

Now that you know "SOME" of our exciting plans for THIS YEAR, here are
some of the hardware additions that will be done during the same period.

                        ADDITIONS or REPLACEMENTS:
Pentium 100MHz Motherboard and 16mb of ram
16 port serial card (16 modems)
8  14.4K and 28.8k modems
2  new motherboards for Door Computers
16 Megabytes of ram for Door Computers
2  Hard drives

We will be investing many thousands of dollars to make this work. Here
is a breakdown of some of those costs.

In hardware we will be investing over $3,800 in additional items
In Software we will be investing over $2,500 in additional items
                                TOTAL $6,300

   We had discussed increasing the rates so you would have to pay more
for each credit... We decided against it and are asking for donations
to Patron fund to help defray the substantial costs... We also hope
you consider Cyber Space for purchasing your computer items... We will
back our products... and we will be having a whole line of computer
services.... So please consider a donation and your name will be placed
in the BBS info center for eternity...

   Please send all donations to:
   Cyber Space
   P.O. Box 452
   Sauk Rapids, MN
                  56379

Cyber Space will be the single largest BBS (we hope) in the entire upper
midwest!  We hope you find this combination of BBS's to be exciting and
fun.  Please, join in with us and send mail to CHRISTINE or mail to
RUSTY on the Major BBS and in pcboard, please send mail to SYSOP. Let us
know what you think. We are soooo excited about this and we were just
"busting out" to tell you.  Now that you know......... what do YOU
think?
So, now you ask "when will this happen"?  We hope to move the computers
together the first of May sometime. We will follow up with more
information as we get closer.  For PCBoard users, there will be
"another" change of newsgroups. Some will be removed, but mostly since
there will not be any files online, we will have more drive space
available for news and mail. This will speed up access and provide
better overall improvement.
We are anxiously waiting to hear from you.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and most of all, thank you
for supporting CYBER SPACE.

Rusty Townsend and Christine Blount (sysops)

Jim~ McNelly
ReSourceNet and GardenNet 612-654-8372, 656-0678 v.32bis
jim.mcnelly@granite.mn.org
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    ENV-LINK+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
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    Pat McNelly [PMCNELLY@LIBERTY.COM]
    JD Linderberg [FDL@EEYOR.ECON.UMICH.EDU]
From FURCHT@macc.wisc.edu Mon Feb 28 16:25:51 1994
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 94 07:35 CDT
From: Alan Furchtenicht <FURCHT@macc.wisc.edu>
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: Re: resource document for rotational grazing

I'll send you  a copy of the list when it's available.
To subscribe to DAIRY-L, send the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU
 
                 sub dairy-l <your name>
 
Alan Furchtenicht
furcht@macc.wisc.edu
 
From cboozer@promus.com Fri May 19 00:10:08 EDT 1995
Article: 18037 of misc.rural
Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!EU.net!uunet!promus.com!usenet
From: Claire Boozer <cboozer@promus.com>
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Re: Chicken help
Date: 18 May 1995 17:10:05 GMT
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To: davis@eskimo.com

You may be interested in subscribing to a (new) mailing list for 
domesticated birds.  The announcement follows:

>DOM_BIRD@PLEARN.EDU.PL - For owners, breeders, and farmers of
>domesticated birds DOM_BIRD is a new list for owners, breeders
>and  farmers of the wide variety of domesticated birds.  This
>list was created  for the express purpose of discussing
>anything from the nutritional  requirements of your breeders,
>to the shows and events held for  displaying the many variety
>of fancy breeds of domesticated birds.  If  you wish to discuss
>
>equipment used for incubating eggs, the veterinary  care and
>management of adults or chicks, or find the best way to handle
>
>any aspect of domesticated bird ownership, you are welcome to
>join  DOM_BIRD.  In the future, DOM_BIRD may also serve as a
>gateway to a  newsgroup on domesticated birds, so that a wider
>audience can be reached.
>
>Domesticated birds can be classified as (but not limited to)
>those birds  that could possibly be found in a typical
>farmyard.  The following are  some examples of domesticated
>birds:
>
>    Peafowl                        Turkeys
>    Guinea Fowl                    Doves
>    Pheasants                      Emus
>    Quail                          Ostriches
>    Ducks                          Rheas
>    Geese
>    Chickens - commercial and fancy breeds
>    Pigeons  - homing and fancy breeds
>
>
>DOM_BIRD will NOT be a place for campaigning for the rights of
>animals,  debating the ethics of maintaining or hunting of
>domesticated birds,  discussing the pros and cons of
>vegetarianism, or the swapping of  recipes.  This is, first and
>
>foremost, a list for people who enjoy and  prosper from a
>relationship with domesticated birds.
>
>
>In summary, anything that may be related to all types of
>domesticated  birds and/or human-domesticated bird interactions
>
>may be posted here.
>
>
>   To subscribe to DOM_BIRD, send the following command to
>    LISTSERV@PLEARN.EDU.PL in the BODY of e-mail:
>
>   SUBSCRIBE DOM_BIRD firstname lastname
>
>
>   For example:  SUBSCRIBE DOM_BIRD Jane Doe


Good luck!

Claire Boozer



From london@sunsite.unc.eduMon Jun 10 13:36:22 1996
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 13:35:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: David South Forestry Homepage 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 09:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: David South <dsouth@auburn.campus.mci.net>

dsouth@forestry.auburn.edu

334-844-1022
334-844-1084 (FAX)

http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/coops/sfnmc/sfnmc.html

=========================================================================
The world population is expected to double by the year 2100.
Therefore the annual demand for wood for energy (etc.) 
will increase and might double (to more than 7 billion m3/yr). 
To provide plantation wood for people in the future, 
support the planting of trees on pastureland.
Set a goal of converting 8 million ha of pastureland/yr for the next 55 years.
This would increase tree plantations to about 5% of the world's landbase.
=========================================================================

Support Zero Population Growth for the United States

http://www.igc.apc.org/zpg/index.html
<li><a href="http://www.dejanews.com/">DejaNews Newsgroup Archive Site</a>
From raven@usa.netMon Feb 13 23:25:06 1995
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 09:44:20 -0700 (MST)
From: Gail Black/Demeter Associates <raven@usa.net>
To: ANNE L WOLARY <BPDF70A@prodigy.com>
Cc: Allan Balliett <allan.balliett@his.com>, Brian Baker <ccof@igc.apc.org>,
    Howard Pautz <hpautz@evans.Denver.Colorado.EDU>,
    Jean Yeager <envision@igc.apc.org>,
    Larry London <london@SunSite.unc.edu>, Lisa Bunin <bunin@cats.ucsc.edu>,
    Peter Alspach <hrrpaa@pnv.palm.cri.nz>,
    Ronald Foglietti <Pleadi@aol.com>
Subject: change of address

I am discontinuing this internet address.  Any future Email can reach me 
at raven44777@aol.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
From GBAA02@udcf.gla.ac.uk Tue Oct 11 22:03:05 EDT 1994
Article: 933 of bionet.cellbiol
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From: GBAA02@udcf.gla.ac.uk (Julian Dow)
Subject: the Dictionary of Cell Biology on WWW!
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I have set up a WWW server for the Dictionary of Cell Biology, published by
Academic Press. I have persuaded the publishers to release this online as
an experiment, and I have set up the search engine.

The idea is that occasional users can get rapid, brief definitions of cell
biological terms they come across in the literature, although I would
expect that it'll still be quicker and easier for regular users to get the
book!
In exchange, we will get early warning of new terms that we should include
in the Dictionary by logging all searches. And we've made it especially
easy for you to enter your own definitions! That way, I'm hoping the
Dictionary will take on an Internet existence of its own.

Before formally releasing it, I'm putting the server up temporarily for a
few days, to see if it's robust enough! PLEASE try it out and give me any
feedback.
You'll need a "forms aware" WWW client (eg. Mosaic of MacWeb versions 2
on).
Choose "File" -> "open URL" and type
 http://130.209.9.198/

This is my own desktop Mac, so this will only be available till Wednesday
12th October this time round. PLEASE DON'T "LINK IT IN" as this is (I
hope!) unlikely to be the final IP address for this server!

Hope you like it!

Any problems/feedback? Please email me on gbaa02@udcf.gla.ac.uk

-- 
 - Julian Dow


From solync@cei.netFri Apr 19 00:04:46 1996
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 13:58:57 -0500
From: carol cross <solync@cei.net>
To: SANET-MG@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: New EcoAgroForestry Mailing List

===============================================
ECOAGROFORESTRY LIST EAF-L NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIBERS
=============================================== 

This EcoAgroForestry mailing list is based on the interest shown by many
respondents to the kenaf seminar and to the debate on rural and urban
development. This list has been established to provide a forum for the
business, industrial, agricultural, forestry, rural development, investment,
sustainable development, environmental and rural communities everywhere in
the world internet community to discuss topics in creating a livable,
productive and enduring EarthHome through EcoAgroForestry. Dr. Carol Cross
is pleased to be your hostess and hopes that this forum will be a means to
transfer technology, provide a medium for the development and
standardization of EcoAgroForestry rural agroindustrial systems, and to
advance the science and engineering of Rural AgroIndustrial Centers (RAICs)
for sustainable production. We especially want to involve farmers all over
the world to get involved in sharing information with each other. It is
vital that farmers and livestock producers become involved in the
development of RAICs so they stop being the victims of the world commodity
markets and become processers and owners of value added production systems.

We expect the forum will be a springboard for the pursuit of innovative
approaches to rural development. Because the success of the group will be a
function of the involvement of its members. Dr. Cross invites anyone with an
interest and/or expertise in any of the above EcoAgroForestry areas to join
the list. Due to the complexities of creating sustainable rural
agroindustrial development, we welcome input from environmentalists,
engineers, businesspersons, investors, suppliers, development groups, and
others with similar interests.  Anyone who wishes to contribute to this very
vital, important and fascinating topic are invited to participate.

Dr. Cross recognizes that EcoAgroForestry is not the only system for
creating a sustainable world.  However, we feel it is an idea which can add
tremendously to the well being of all LifeKind, EarthHumans and ultimately,
the EarthHome, its limitations notwithstanding.

Users can subscribe to the list by sending an email to

eaf-l-request@eaf.com

leaving the subject blank, and entering the line below in the body of the
message:

subscribe EAF-L

The welcome message will provide more details about the list...

 JOIN US ON EAF-L 

The basic underpinnings of the list is EcoAgroForestry which is a new term
coined by Dr. Cross.

EcoAgroForestry - the development of sustainable, productive, long term,
human-based life maintenance systems.  It involves the use of ecologically
sound methods of producing crop plants, animals and trees in a production
system that uses sustainable, appropriate inputs and methods.  It includes
composting, biomass energy, solar energy, recycling, polyculture, wind
energy, biological pest control, organic farming and gardening methods,
aquaculture, water and soil conservation technologies and other appropriate
technologies that avoid the use of pesticides, insecticides, and
inappropriate technologies. 

EcoAgroForestry also includes the industrial development of rural areas so
that people will not have to leave to find work and "a better way of life"
in urban areas?  I propose that we need models for profitable rural
development that could create "a better way of life" in the rural areas of
the world.  These projects for development should stand on their own, be
sustainable, and must be business-focused projects. As Danny Wong from
Singapore said, This is "indeed a revolution in the agricultural industries". 

EcoAgroForestry will be focused on sustainable agriculture, sustainable
forestry and rural agroindustrial development. Rural agroindustrial
activities will be developed at two levels. 

Level One will be EcoAgroForestry Village Business Incubators (VBIs).  VBIs
will be low tech, with buildings developed from bamboo and indigenous
materials, using appropriate technologies. Level Two will be Rural
AgroIndustrial Centers (RAICs) which can include one or more production
level modules. In both these centers, production will be based on combining
kenaf with AgroResidues such as rice straw, wheat straw, sugar cane bagasse
and/ or forest wastes but they can also involve other crops.

Some suggested modules include but are not limited to: a kenaf plantation;
low tech livestock feed; a kenaf separation plant (core from stem fiber);
fuel briquettes; ecologically sound field and tree crop production of
foodstuffs (such as sweet sorghum and Leucaena nitrogen-fixing trees);
ecologically sound food processing ; nonwood paper; building materials;
reforestation center; reclamation center; sustainable logging and certified
forest products; production of organic fertilizers and soil amendments; the
SAMEI(TM)  Strategy for natural cosmetics/ perfume industry development;
canewood products from bamboo, rattan, florals and handicrafts; aquaculture
projects; bagged silage system; feed pelletizing plant; kenaf remediation
products; kenaf fabrics; essential oils; industrial plant derived oils; and
Integrated Farming systems.
 
The EAF-L list has two agendas.

Agenda One - Establishing Rural AgroIndustrial Centers (RAICs) based on
EcoAgroForestry by forming consortiums of local people and internationals.
By combining local resources, international technical expertises, suppliers
and investments in the development of the RAICs, I am proposing a new
paradigm of economic development.

My goal is to have several hundred of these RAICs around the world in which
I will own 10%, more or less, depending on the situation.  The purpose of
developing this business is to develop sufficient income for my real agenda.
I intend to use my own funds to start Agenda Two.  However, anyone wanting
to become a part of Agenda Two is welcome to share themselves in a variety
of ways.

Agenda Two - Establishing a permanent culture to bring the street children
(15,000,000 in Latin America alone) into a potentiating, caring and
compassionate, entrepreneurial culture. Clearly most of this will not be
accomplished in my lifetime.  But by creating each of these entities as a
corporation, they can have a perpetual life and the work can continue after
my death. Donations and volunteers alone will not be able to sustain the
villages for the massive number of villages needed for the 15,000,000
children in Latin America, which is not addressing the 150,000,000 worldwide.  

The children must become an asset to the village, not a liability.  They
will do this by training to be provided to them and their developing into
entrepreneurs to create the income necessary for their upkeep.  The children
will also give part of their time as members of the Green Force, replanting
local areas as part of their repayment for being brought off the streets.
There are no free lunches (I have never received one and neither will they)
and these children will not be given charity. Charity destroys self esteem
and people's innerness as exemplified by the destruction of the welfare
populations in the USA. These children will learn to work, to develop their
own small businesses and to give of themselves to the EarthHome and the
local communities adjacent to the villages they are in. Most important, of
course, is that they will belong to a community and be enabled to contribute
to that community. Additionally, each child is expected to bring another
child off the streets and be responsible for their development.

If you are involved in rural development, are an equipment supplier, an
investor, an entrepreneur, a landowner or just care about sustainable
development, I would like to invite you to participate in a lively
discussion of how ecologically sound entrepreneurship  can meet the need for
sustainable development.  Business is the contributor to governments. The
taxes come from businesses and indivudals, but the individuals get their
money in wages from corporations (or government via corporations).
Corporations also give to foundations who support nonprofit groups as do
individuals (via their income source, ultimately businesses).  

There is only one source of resources on this planet and it is the
difference between what it costs to produce a product and what the product
can be sold for. This differential is thus the only source of the resources
needed to regreen the EarthHome, create sustainable communities and enable
LifeKind (us) to continue to live on the EarthHome.

We can work together. Business does not have to be destructive, as many
green businesses already are witness to. EcoAgroForestry is designed to be a
win-win scenario for all. As I tell people, there is no (Noah's) Ark today.
Some of my environmentalist friends act like when the Global Warming kicks
in, they will be saved because they recycled or they used soyink or
whatever.  There are no boats coming to pick up the worthy and allow the
unworthy to die.  We will all die or live together on this planet.  Why not
work together and maybe we can all live. That is why we must all work together.

I look forward to your contributions.  Dr. Carol Cross

Carol Cross, PhD  EcoAgroForestry  Founder (501) 367-6127 (Ph)            
2801 Olive, #35A, Suite 113                (501) 367-8736(FAX)            
Pine Bluff, AR 71611                        Email: solync@cei.net         
Together we Can Create A Sustainable World  Through EcoAgroForestry      
(Sustainable  Agriculture,  Sustainable Forestry and Rural AgroIndustrial 
Development).  Form  Consortiums & Develop a  EcoAgroForestry Village   
Business Incubator (VBI)  or Rural  Agroindustrial Center (RAIC), NOW!      
Become an EcoAgroForestry  Entrepreneur and Regreen the EarthHome!       
From Eng-Leong.Foo@MTC.KI.SEThu Feb  2 10:00:19 1995
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 12:11:38 +0200
From: Eng-Leong Foo mtc <Eng-Leong.Foo@MTC.KI.SE>
To: Multiple recipients of list ET-ANN <ET-ANN@SEARN.SUNET.SE>
Subject: ECOTECHNICS 95 (fwd)

FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE
***************************
   (please distribute)
 
 
 
           ELECTRONIC EXTENSION OF ECOTECHNICS 95
                      (EE-Ecotechnics 95)
                      March 13 - April 16
 
 
The Ecotechnology Network (ECOTEC) and the Division of Ecotechnics, Mid
Sweden University are happy to announce the electronic extension of the
International Symposium on Ecological Engineering (Ecotechnics 95;
Ostersund, Sweden, 29-31 March).
 
EE-Ecotechnics 95 will allow you to receive, via Internet, abstracts of
papers and posters, their discussion messages and reports from workshop
sessions of the Symposium. It will also facilitate your discussion with
the authors and your communication with other participants.
 
The focus of the Symposium will be on how to link education and research
in a system that promotes Ecotechnics and Ecological Engineering. The main
topics of the Symposium are:
 
*  Ecotechnics - a System of Education, Research and Development, an
   Approach within Ecological Engineering
*  Urban Ecosystem Management - Applied Ecology in Socioeconomic Planning
   and Housing
*  Producive Wastewater Treatment - Wetland Ecosystem Management
*  Computer Technology and Ecotechnics - The Role of Computer-aided
   Modelling and  Information Technology in Ecological Engineering
*  Industry and Ecotechnics - Industrial Applications of Ecological
   Engineering
 
For more information on the Symposium, please contact Mr. Andreas Englund
<Andreas.Englund@nto.mh.se>
 
Further announcements and instructions on how to participate at the
EE-Ecotechnics 95 will be made via the ET-ANN mailing list. To join, send
an e-mail to <listserv@searn.sunet.se> and write the message: SUB ET-ANN
your name
 
 
Organizers of EE-Ecotechnics 95 :
Mr. Jeff Porten <porten@POBOX.UPENN.EDU>
                (Network Coordinator, EE-Ecotechnics 95)
Mr. Dann Sklarew <dsklarew@osf1.gmu.edu>
                (Scientific Coordinator, EE-Ecotechnics 95)
Mr. Albert Chan <stensund@nn.apc.org>
                (Liaison Officer at Ostersund, EE-Ecotechnics 95)
Mr. Andreas Englund <L7000KTA@macforv.macmh.forv.mh.se>
                (Secretary of Ecotechnics 95)
Mr. Eng-Leong Foo <Eng-Leong.Foo@mtc.ki.se>
                (Network Coordinator, Ecotechnology Network)
From gwelker@mail.lmi.orgThu Oct 27 15:09:07 1994
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 11:45:36 -0700
From: gwelker@mail.lmi.org
Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <indknow@u.washington.edu>
Subject: PRESS RELEASE - Please distribute


                     PRESS RELEASE (27th Oct 1994) 
     
              ESTABLISHMENT of the "ECOTECH Network" 
              **************************************
     
As the organizers of the Asian Conference on Ecotechnology for Sustainable 
Development (19-26th Oct), we are honored to make the following 
announcement.
     
The 9-month long ECOTECH'94 Computer Conference, which was conducted via 
Internet to debate the opportunities of ecotechnologies, has resulted in 
the presentation of 43 papers from several countries including developing 
countries like Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Nepal, Czech Republic, 
The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. This resulted in the formation 
of an informal electronic network of more than 2000 members. The 
organization of a face-to-face regional conference in Beijing, China, as 
the concluding activity of the "International Conference on Ecotechnology 
for Sustainable Development", was joined attended by several Chinese and 
international experts in all facets from ecotechnologies. 45 papers and a 
dozen video tapes were presented with their discussions. Field trips to 
"eco-sites" (villages, communes and counties) offered foreign guests a 
unique exposure to the pragmatic experiences in the country. The 
integrated use of ecotechnologies to achieve multipurpose objectives in 
China's efforts in moving towards sustainable development were seen on 
the ground.
     
        This year, the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences
(IVA) celebrated its 75th Anniversary with a series of symposia, and 
concluded it yesterday with an international gathering of distinguished 
guests for its "Information Technology Week". Together, through a 
teleconference, we concluded both activities. This made it a truly 
historical event, and the first between Sweden and China. The dialogue 
discussed the concepts of ecotechnology for sustainable villages and 
cities with a live report on field trips, activities in China and the 
presentation of follow-up plans of the "ECOTECH Network". The video 
conference was most inspiring for all participants.
     
         We concluded here that the "ECOTECH Network", supported by this
electronic network, wishes to pursue its work through : (1) a continued 
expansion of electronic activities via Internet, (2) publication of the 
proceedings of the conference and a "ECOTECH Newsletter" (3) development 
of curricula for training courses on ecotechnology for sustainable 
development, to be conducted in China and other countries, on selected 
topics for specific target groups, with the creation of a multimedia 
library of training materials; and (4) development of R&D projects in 
cooperation with other organizations.
   
    The Network wishes to inform interested parties of this
ground-breaking initiative. They are invited to join this effort to realize 
common objectives. If anyone is interested, we would be most willing to 
send more detailed information and materials.
     
    Prof. LI Wenhua                         Eng-Leong Foo
President, Special Commission on       ECOTECH'94 Network Manager 
Sustainable Development, CSSTSD,        eng-leong.foo@mtc.ki.se 
19 Zhongguancun Road,
Beijing 100080, China

Forwarded from: ET-ANN%SEARN.BITNET@SEGATE.SUNET.SE   List
     
From Peter.Sahlin@inl.lth.seWed May  1 23:10:52 1996
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:02:49 +0200
From: Peter Sahlin <Peter.Sahlin@inl.lth.se>
To: EcoAgroForestry <eaf-l@eaf.com>
Subject: Project presentation: EDEN foundation
Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 05:59:10 -0400 (EDT)
Resent-From: eaf-l@eaf.com

EDEN foundation is a project promoting sustainable agriculture in 
desert areas of Northern Africa, using perennials producing food and 
which are capable of growing where the rainfall is below 225mm/year. 
It is based on direct seeding without the use of fertilisers.
More information can be found on web-page (on work done 1994, new 
information is to come, but I still only have printed copies of that, 
no electronic versions):

http://www.kc.lu.se/inl/EDEN/

-- 
Peter Sahlin, MSc, Applied Nutrition
Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University
PO Box 124
S-221 00  LUND, Sweden
Mailto:Peter.Sahlin@inl.lth.se
tel +46-46-2224148, fax +46-46-2224532
WWW http://www.kc.lu.se/inl/Personal/Peter/
From Peter.Sahlin@inl.lth.seFri May 24 09:53:47 1996
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 09:49:22 +0200
From: Peter Sahlin <Peter.Sahlin@inl.lth.se>
To: EcoAgroForestry <eaf-l@eaf.com>
Subject: Web-pages of EDEN foundation are updated
Resent-Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 03:47:28 -0400 (EDT)
Resent-From: eaf-l@eaf.com

Following my posting a month ago I just want to inform that the
EDEN foundation webpages are updated. You find them at location:

http://www.kc.lu.se/inl/EDEN/

-- 
Peter Sahlin, MSc, Applied Nutrition
Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University
PO Box 124
S-221 00  LUND, Sweden
Mailto:Peter.Sahlin@inl.lth.se
tel +46-46-2224148, fax +46-46-2224532
WWW http://www.kc.lu.se/inl/Personal/Peter/
From pamiller@plains.NoDak.edu Mon Feb 20 00:23:59 EST 1995
Article: 5046 of alt.energy.renewable
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From: pamiller@plains.NoDak.edu (Patrick C Miller)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: New Worldwide Web Site
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          For Your Information...
          
            A new home page on the World Wide Web is now open at the
          University of North Dakota's Energy & Environmental Research
          Center (EERC), Grand Forks, ND.  The address is: 
          
                http://www.eerc.und.nodak.edu
          
            The EERC specializes in clean, efficient energy technologies
          and environmental systems that prevent pollution and clean up
          contaminated air, soil and water.  To learn more, come browse
          at our new home page.
          
          Patrick Miller, EERC Communications Coordinator
          Phone:  (701) 777-5113
          Fax:  (701) 777-5181
          CompuServe:  73364.463
          Internet:  pamiller@plains.NoDak.edu



From hallman@gibbs.oit.unc.eduWed Nov 30 21:40:51 1994
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 13:02:27 -0500
From: Judy Hallman <hallman@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
To: Larry London <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
Subject: WWW> ANNOUNCE Earth and Envir. Sciences Web Server (fwd)



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 20:18:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
To: net-happenings <net-happenings@is.internic.net>
Subject: WWW> ANNOUNCE Earth and Envir. Sciences Web Server (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: scheibe@terrassa.pnl.gov ( Timothy D. Scheibe )
Newsgroups: sci.geo.hydrology,sci.geo.geology,sci.geo.fluids,
      sci.geo.oceanography,sci.geo.meteorology,comp.infosystems.www.users,
      pnl.comp.internet
Subject: ANNOUNCE Earth and Envir. Sciences Web Server
Date: 23 Nov 1994 18:14:42 GMT

=======================================================================

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES WWW Server:

The Earth and Environmental Sciences Center (EESC) at the Pacific 
Northwest Laboratory (PNL> is pleased to announce the availability of 
our public World Wide Web server.  The server contains general 
information about PNL and the EESC, as well as descriptions of the 
research activities of our 20 technical groups. An introductory list of 
Internet resources related to hydrology is also provided as a service to 
the hydrologic community.

The URL for the server is:

http://terrassa.pnl.gov:2080/

The hydrology resource list is at:

http://terrassa.pnl.gov:2080/EESC/resourcelist/hydrology.html


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                       EFF's Guide to the Internet, v.2.21
                 (formerly The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet)

               Copyright 1993, 1994 Electronic Frontier Foundation 
                 

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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

 


Foreword by Mitchell Kapor, co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation.
 
Preface by Adam Gaffin, senior writer, Network World.
 
Chapter 1:  Setting up and jacking in
     1.1  Ready, set...
     1.2  Go!
     1.3  Public-access Internet providers
     1.4  If your town doesn't have direct access
     1.5  Net origins
     1.6  How it works
     1.7  When things go wrong
     1.8  FYI
 
Chapter 2: E-mail
     2.1. The basics
     2.2  Elm -- a better way
     2.3  Pine -- even better than Elm
     2.4  Smileys
     2.5  Sending e-mail to other networks
     2.6  Seven Unix commands you can't live without
     2.7  When things go wrong

Chapter 3:  Usenet I
     3.1  The global watering hole 
     3.2  Navigating Usenet with nn
     3.3  nn commands
     3.4  Using rn
     3.5  rn commands
     3.6  Essential newsgroups
     3.7  Speaking up
     3.8  Cross-posting

Chapter 4:  Usenet II
     4.1  Flame, blather and spew
     4.2  Killfiles, the cure for what ails you
     4.3  Some Usenet hints
     4.4  The Brain-Tumor Boy, the modem tax and the chain letter
     4.5  Big Sig
     4.6  The First Amendment as local ordinance
     4.7  Usenet history
     4.8  When things go wrong
     4.9  FYI
 
Chapter 5:  Mailing lists and Bitnet
     5.1  Internet mailing lists
     5.2  Bitnet
 
Chapter 6:  Telnet 
     6.1  Mining the Net
     6.2  Library catalogs
     6.3  Some interesting telnet sites
     6.4  Telnet bulletin-board systems
     6.5  Putting the finger on someone
     6.6  Finding someone on the Net
     6.7  When things go wrong
     6.8  FYI
 
Chapter 7:  FTP 
     7.1  Tons of files
     7.2  Your friend archie
     7.3  Getting the files
     7.4  Odd letters -- decoding file endings
     7.5  The keyboard cabal
     7.6  Some interesting ftp sites
     7.7  ncftp -- now you tell me!
     7.8  Project Gutenberg -- electronic books
     7.9  When things go wrong
     7.10 FYI

Chapter 8:  Gophers, WAISs and the World-Wide Web
     8.1  Gophers
     8.2  Burrowing deeper
     8.3  Gopher commands
     8.4  Some interesting gophers
     8.5  Wide-Area Information Servers
     8.6  The World-Wide Web
     8.7  Clients, or how to snare more on the Web
     8.8  When things go wrong
     8.9  FYI

Chapter 9:  Advanced E-mail
     9.1  The file's in the mail
     9.2  Receiving files
     9.3  Sending files to non-Internet sites
     9.4  Getting ftp files via e-mail
     9.5  The all knowing Oracle

Chapter 10:  News of the world
     10.1 Clarinet: UPI, Dave Barry and Dilbert
     10.2 Reuters
     10.3 USA Today
     10.4 National Public Radio
     10.5 The World Today: From Belarus to Brazil
     10.6 E-mailing news organizations
     10.7 FYI

Chapter 11:  IRC, MUDs and other things that are more fun than they sound
     11.1 Talk
     11.2 Internet Relay Chat
     11.3 IRC commands
     11.4 IRC in times of crisis
     11.5 MUDs
     11.6 Go, go, go (and chess, too)!
     11.7 The other side of the coin
     11.8 FYI
 
Chapter 12:  Education and the Net
     12.1 The Net in the Classroom
     12.2 Some specific resources for students and teachers
     12.3 Usenet and Bitnet in the classroom

Chapter 13: Business on the Net
     13.1 Setting up shop
     13.2 FYI

Chapter 14:  Conclusion -- The end?
 
Appendix A:  Lingo
 
Appendix B: Electronic Frontier Foundation Information


Foreword
By Mitchell Kapor,
Co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Welcome to the World of the Internet.

        The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is proud to have sponsored
the production of EFF's Guide to the Internet. EFF is a nonprofit
organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to ensuring that everyone
has access to the newly emerging communications technologies vital to
active participation in the events of our world.  As more and more
information is available online, new doors open up for those who have
access to that information.  Unfortunately, unless access is broadly
encouraged, individuals can be disenfranchised and doors can close, as
well. EFF's Guide to the Internet was written to help open some doors to
the vast amounts of information available on the world's largest network,
the Internet.
        The spark for EFF's Guide to the Internet, and its companion
MIT Press book version, Everybody's Guide to the Internet, was ignited in
a few informal conversations that included myself and Steve Cisler of Apple
Computer, Inc., in June of 1991.  With the support of Apple Computer, EFF
engaged Adam Gaffin to write the book and actually took on the project in
September of 1991. The guide was originally published electronically in
July of 1993 as the Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet.
        The idea was to write a guide to the Internet for people who had
little or no experience with network communications.  We intended to post
this guide to the net in ASCII and other formats and to give it away on
disk, as well as have a print edition available.  We have more than
realized our goal.  Individuals from as geographically far away as Germany,
Italy, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Scotland, Norway and Antarctica have
all sent electronic mail to say that they downloaded the guide.  EFF's
Guide to the Internet is now available in a wide array of formats,
including ASCII text, Windows Help, World-Wide Web, PostScript, and
AmigaGuide.  And the guide is finally available in a printed format, as well.
        You can find the electronic version of Everybody's Guide to the
Internet by using anonymous ftp to ftp.eff.org and accessing
/pub/Net_info/Guidebooks/EFF_Net_Guide/netguide.eff. Or send an e-mail
message to info@eff.org.  The electronic version is updated on a regular
basis with a newletter (/pub/Net_info/Guidebooks/EFF_Net_Guide/Updates/),
and occasional new versions of the guide itself.
        EFF would like to thank author Adam Gaffin for doing a terrific job
of explaining the net in such a nonthreatening way.  We'd also like to
thank the folks at Apple, especially Steve Cisler of the Apple Library, for
their support of our efforts to bring this guide to you.  Finally, we'd
like to thank our publishers at MIT Press, especially Bob Prior, for
working out an arrangement with us where we can continue to distribute the
text in electronic format and forego our royalties in order to keep the
price of the book low.
        We invite you to join with EFF in our fight to ensure that equal
access to the networks and free speech are protected in newly emerging
technologies.  We are a membership organization, and through donations like
yours, we can continue to sponsor important projects to make communications
easier.  Information about the Electronic Frontier Foundation and some of
the work that we do can be found at the end of this book.
        We hope that EFF's Guide to the Internet helps you learn
about whole new worlds, where new friends and experiences are sure to be
yours.  Enjoy!

Mitchell Kapor
Chairman of the Board
Electronic Frontier Foundation
mkapor@eff.org

QUERIES:  Please send all queries regarding EFF, and availability and
distribution of the guide to ask@eff.org, or one of the other EFF addresses
above.  Please send all updates, corrections, and queries regarding the
content of the guide to the author, Adam Gaffin, at adamg@world.std.com.




Preface
By Adam Gaffin,
Senior Writer, Network World, Framingham, Mass.
 
     Welcome to the Internet! You're about to start a journey through a 
unique land without frontiers, a place that is everywhere at once -- even 
though it exists physically only as a series of electrical impulses.  
You'll be joining a growing community of millions of people around the 
world who use this global resource on a daily basis.
     With this book, you will be able to use the Internet to:

     = Stay in touch with friends, relatives and colleagues around the 
       world, at a fraction of the cost of phone calls or even air 
       mail. 
 
     = Discuss everything from archaeology to zoology with people in 
       several different languages.    
 
     = Tap into thousands of information databases and libraries 
       worldwide.
 
     = Retrieve any of thousands of documents, journals, books and 
       computer programs.
 
     = Stay up to date with wire-service news and sports and 
       with official weather reports.
 
     = Play live, "real time" games with dozens of other people at once. 
 
     Connecting to "the Net" today, takes something of a sense of 
adventure, a willingness to learn and an ability to take a deep breath 
every once in awhile. Visiting the Net today is a lot like journeying to 
a foreign country.  There are so many things to see and do, but 
everything at first will seem so, well, foreign.  
     When you first arrive, you won't be able to read the street signs.  
You'll get lost.  If you're unlucky, you may even run into some locals 
who'd just as soon you went back to where you came from.  If this 
weren't enough, the entire country is constantly under construction; 
every day, it seems like there's something new for you to figure out. 
     Fortunately, most of the locals are actually friendly.  In fact, the 
Net actually has a rich tradition of helping out visitors and newcomers.  
Until very recently, there were few written guides for ordinary people, 
and the Net grew largely through an "oral" tradition in which the old-
timers helped the newcomers. 
     So when you connect, don't be afraid to ask for help.  You'll be 
surprised at how many people will lend a hand!
     Without such folks, in fact, this guide would not be possible. My 
thanks to all the people who have written with suggestion, additions and 
corrections since the Big Dummy's Guide first appeared on the Internet in 
1993.
    Special thanks go to my loving wife Nancy.  I would also like to 
thank the following people, who, whether they know it or not, provided 
particular help. 
    Rhonda Chapman, Jim Cocks, Tom Czarnik, Christopher Davis, David 
DeSimone, Jeanne deVoto, Phil Eschallier, Nico Garcia, Joe Granrose, 
Joerg Heitkoetter, Joe Ilacqua, Jonathan Kamens, Peter Kaminski, Thomas 
A. Kreeger, Stanton McCandlish, Leanne Phillips, Nancy Reynolds, Helen 
Trillian Rose, Barry Shein, Jennifer "Moira" Smith, Gerard van der Leun 
and Scott Yanoff. 
    If you have any suggestions or comments on how to make this guide 
better, I'd love to hear them.  You can reach me via e-mail at 
adamg@world.std.com. 

    Boston, Mass., February, 1994.





Chapter 1:  SETTING UP AND JACKING IN




1.1  READY, SET ...

     The world is just a phone call away.  With a computer and modem, 
you'll be able to connect to the Internet, the world's largest computer 
network (and if you're lucky, you won't even need the modem; many 
colleges and companies now give their students or employees direct access 
to the Internet).
     The phone line can be your existing voice line -- just remember 
that if you have any extensions, you (and everybody else in the house 
or office) won't be able to use them for voice calls while you are connected 
to the Net. 
     A modem is a sort of translator between computers and the phone 
system. It's needed because computers and the phone system process and 
transmit data, or information, in two different, and incompatible 
ways.  Computers "talk" digitally; that is, they store and process 
information as a series of discrete numbers.  The phone network relies 
on analog signals, which on an oscilloscope would look like a series 
of waves.  When your computer is ready to transmit data to another 
computer over a phone line, your modem converts the computer numbers 
into these waves (which sound like a lot of screeching) -- it 
"modulates" them.  In turn, when information waves come into your 
modem, it converts them into numbers your computer can process, by 
"demodulating" them. 
     Increasingly, computers come with modems already installed. If 
yours didn't, you'll have to decide what speed modem to get.  Modem 
speeds are judged in "bps rate" or bits per second.  One bps means 
the modem can transfer roughly one bit per second; the greater the 
bps rate, the more quickly a modem can send and receive information.  
A letter or character is made up of eight bits.  
     You can now buy a 2400-bps modem for well under $60 -- and most now 
come with the ability to handle fax messages as well.  At prices that now 
start around $150, you can buy a modem that can transfer data at 14,400 
bps (and often even faster, using special compression techniques).  If you 
think you might be using the Net to transfer large numbers of files, a 
faster modem is always worth the price. It will dramatically reduce the 
amount of time your modem or computer is tied up transferring files and, if 
you are paying for Net access by the hour, will save you quite a bit in 
online charges. 
     Like the computer to which it attaches, a modem is useless 
without software to tell it how to work.  Most modems today come with 
easy-to-install software.  Try the program out. If you find it 
difficult to use or understand, consider a trip to the local software 
store to find a better program.  You can spend several hundred dollars 
on a communications program, but unless you have very specialized 
needs, this will be a waste of money, as there are a host of excellent 
programs available for around $100 or less.  Among the basic features you 
want to look for are a choice of different "protocols" (more on them in a 
bit) for transferring files to and from the Net and the ability to write 
"script" or "command" files that let you automate such steps as logging 
into a host system. 
     When you buy a modem and the software, ask the dealer how to 
install and use them.  Try out the software if you can.  If the dealer 
can't help you, find another dealer.  You'll not only save yourself a 
lot of frustration, you'll also have practiced the prime Internet 
directive:  "Ask. People Know."
     To fully take advantage of the Net, you must spend a few minutes 
going over the manuals or documentation that comes with your software.  
There are a few things you should pay special attention to: uploading 
and downloading; screen capturing (sometimes called "screen dumping"); 
logging; how to change protocols; and terminal emulation.  It is also 
essential to know how to convert a file created with your word 
processing program into "ASCII" or "text" format, which will let you 
share your thoughts with others across the Net. 
    Uploading is the process of sending a file from your computer to a 
system on the Net. Downloading is retrieving a file from somewhere on 
the Net to your computer. In general, things in cyberspace go "up" to 
the Net and come "down" to you. 
    Chances are your software will come with a choice of several 
"protocols" to use for these transfers.  These protocols are systems 
designed to ensure that line noise or static does not cause errors that 
could ruin whatever information you are trying to transfer.  
Essentially, when using a protocol, you are transferring a file in a 
series of pieces.  After each piece is sent or received, your computer 
and the Net system compare it. If the two pieces don't match exactly, 
they transfer it again, until they agree that the information they both 
have is identical.  If, after several tries, the information just 
doesn't make it across, you'll either get an error message or your 
screen will freeze.  In that case, try it again.  If, after five tries, 
you are still stymied, something is wrong with a) the file; b) the 
telephone line; c) the system you're connected to; or d) your own 
computer.
    From time to time, you will likely see messages on the Net that 
you want to save for later viewing -- a recipe, a particularly witty 
remark, something you want to write your congressman about, whatever. 
This is where screen capturing and logging come in. 
    When you tell your communications software to capture a screen, it 
opens a file in your computer (usually in the same directory or folder 
used by the software) and "dumps" an image of whatever happens to be 
on your screen at the time. 
    Logging works a bit differently.  When you issue a logging 
command, you tell the software to open a file (again, usually in the 
same directory or folder as used by the software) and then give it a 
name. Then, until you turn off the logging command, everything that 
scrolls on your screen is copied into that file, sort of like 
recording on videotape.  This is useful for capturing long documents 
that scroll for several pages -- using screen capture, you would have 
to repeat the same command for each new screen. 
    Terminal emulation is a way for your computer to mimic, or 
emulate, the way other computers put information on the screen and 
accept commands from a keyboard.  In general, most systems on the Net 
use a system called VT100.  Fortunately, almost all communications 
programs now on the market support this system as well -- make sure 
yours does.
    You'll also have to know about protocols.  There are several 
different ways for computers to transmit characters.  Fortunately, 
there are only two protocols that you're likely to run across: 8-1-N 
(which stands for "8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity" -- yikes!) and 7-1-E 
(7 bits, 1 stop bit, even parity).  
     In general, Unix-based systems use 7-1-E, while MS-DOS-based 
systems use 8-1-N.  What if you don't know what kind of system you're 
connecting to?  Try one of the settings.  If you get what looks like 
gobbledygook when you connect, you may need the other setting.  
If so, you can either change the setting while connected, and then hit 
enter, or hang up and try again with the other setting.  It's also 
possible your modem and the modem at the other end can't agree on the 
right bps rate.  If changing the protocols doesn't work, try using 
another bps rate (but no faster than the one listed for your modem). 
Don't worry, remember, you can't break anything!  If something looks wrong, 
it probably is wrong.  Change your settings and try again.  Nothing is 
learned without trial, error and effort. 
     There are the basics.  Now on to the Net!


1.2 GO!

 
     Once, only people who studied or worked at an institution 
directly tied to the Net could connect to the world.  Today, though, 
an ever-growing number of "public-access" systems provide access for
everybody.  These systems can now be found in several states, and there 
are a couple of sites that can provide access across the country. 
     There are two basic kinds of these host systems.  The more common 
one is known as a UUCP site (UUCP being a common way to transfer 
information among computers using the Unix operating system) and 
offers access to international electronic mail and conferences.  
     However, recent years have seen the growth of more powerful sites 
that let you tap into the full power of the Net.  These Internet sites 
not only give you access to electronic mail and conferences but to 
such services as databases, libraries and huge file and program 
collections around the world.  They are also fast -- as soon as you 
finish writing a message, it gets zapped out to its destination.
     Some sites are run by for-profit companies; others by non-profit 
organizations.  Some of these public-access, or host, systems, are 
free of charge.  Others charge a monthly or yearly fee for unlimited 
access.  And a few charge by the hour. Systems that charge for access 
will usually let you sign up online with a credit card.  Some also let 
you set up a billing system. 
     But cost should be only one consideration in choosing a host 
system, especially if you live in an area with more than one provider.  
Most systems let you look around before you sign up.  What is the range 
of each of their services?  How easy is each to use? What kind of support or 
help can you get from the system administrators? 
     The last two questions are particularly important because many     
systems provide no user interface at all; when you connect, you are 
dumped right into the Unix operating system.  If you're already 
familiar with Unix, or you want to learn how to use it, these systems 
offer phenomenal power -- in addition to Net access, most also let you 
tap into the power of Unix to do everything from compiling your own 
programs to playing online games. 
     But if you don't want to have to learn Unix, there are other 
public-access systems that work through menus (just like the ones in 
restaurants; you are shown a list of choices and then you make your 
selection of what you want), or which provide a "user interface" that 
is easier to figure out than the ever cryptic Unix. 
     If you don't want or need access to the full range of Internet 
services, a UUCP site makes good financial sense.  They tend to charge 
less than commercial Internet providers, although their messages may 
not go out as quickly.
     Some systems also have their own unique local services, which can 
range from extensive conferences to large file libraries. 


1.3  PUBLIC-ACCESS INTERNET PROVIDERS

 
     When you have your communications program dial one of these host 
systems, one of two things will happen when you connect.  You'll 
either see a lot of gibberish on your screen, or you'll be asked to 
log in.  If you see gibberish, chances are you have to change your 
software's parameters (to 7-1-E or 8-1-N as the case may be).  Hang 
up, make the change and then dial in again.
     When you've connected, chances are you'll see something like 
this:
 
               Welcome to THE WORLD
               Public Access UNIX for the '90s
               Login as 'new' if you do not have an account
   
               login: 
 
     That last line is a prompt asking you to do something.  Since 
this is your first call, type
 
                new
 
and hit enter.  Often, when you're asked to type something by a host 
system, you'll be told what to type in quotation marks (for example,
'new').  Don't include the quotation marks.  Repeat: Don't 
include the quotation marks.
     What you see next depends on the system, but will generally 
consist of information about its costs and services (you might want to 
turn on your communication software's logging function, to save this 
information).  You'll likely be asked if you want to establish an 
account now or just look around the system.  
     You'll also likely be asked for your "user name."  This is not 
your full name, but a one-word name you want to use while online.  It 
can be any combination of letters or numbers, all in lower case.  Many
people use their first initial and last name (for example, 
"jdoe"); their first name and the first letter of their last name 
(for example, "johnd"); or their initials ("jxd").  Others use a 
nickname.  You might want to think about this for a second, because this 
user name will become part of your electronic-mail address (see chapter 
2 for more on that).  The one exception are the various Free-Net 
systems, all of which assign you a user name consisting of an arbitrary 
sequence of letters and numbers. 
     You are now on the Net.  Look around the system.  See if there 
are any help files for you to read.  If it's a menu-based host system, 
choose different options just to see what happens.  Remember: You can't 
break anything.  The more you play, the more comfortable you'll be. 
     What follows is a list of public-access Internet sites, which are 
computer systems that offer access to the Net.  All offer international 
e-mail and Usenet (international conferences).  In addition, they offer: 
   
     FTP: File-transfer protocol -- access to hundreds of file 
     libraries (everything from computer software to historical 
     documents to song lyrics).  You'll be able to transfer 
     these files from the Net to your own computer.
 
     Telnet: Access to databases, computerized library card 
     catalogs, weather reports and other information services, 
     as well as live, online games that let you compete with 
     players from around the world. 
 
        Additional services that may be offered include:
 
     WAIS:  Wide-area Information Server; a program that 
     can search dozens of databases in one search. 
 
     Gopher:  A program that gives you easy access to dozens 
     of other online databases and services by making 
     selections on a menu. You'll also be able to use these
     to copy text files and some programs to your mailbox.
 
     IRC:  Internet Relay Chat, a CB simulator that lets 
     you have live keyboard chats with people around the 
     world. 
 
     However, even on systems that do not provide these services 
directly, you will be able to use a number of them through telnet (see 
Chapter 6).   In the list that follows, 
systems that let you access services through menus are noted; otherwise 
assume that when you connect, you'll be dumped right into Unix (a.k.a. 
MS-DOS with a college degree). Several of these sites are available 
nationwide through national data networks such as the CompuServe Packet 
Network and SprintNet. 
     Please note that all listed charges are subject to change.  Many 
sites require new or prospective users to log on a particular way on 
their first call; this list provides the name you'll use in such cases.

ALABAMA

     Huntsville.  Nuance.  Call voice number for modem number. $35 setup; 
$25 a month.  Voice: (205) 533-4296. 
      
ALASKA

     Anchorage.  University of Alaska Southeast, Tundra Services, (907) 
789-1314; has local dial-in service in several other cities. $20 a month. 
Voice: (907) 465-6453. 

ALBERTA
 
     Edmonton.  PUCNet Computer Connections, (403) 484-5640. Log 
on as: guest. $10 setup fee; $25 for 20 hours a month plus $6.25 an hour 
for access to ftp and telnet.  Voice: (403) 448-1901.
 
ARIZONA

     Tucson.  Data Basics, (602) 721-5887. $25 a month or $180 a year. 
Voice: (602) 721-1988. 

     Phoenix/Tucson.  Internet Direct, (602) 274-9600 (Phoenix); (602) 
321-9600 (Tucson).  Log on as: guest. $20 a month.  Voice: (602) 274-0100 
(Phoenix); (602) 324-0100 (Tucson). 

BRITISH COLUMBIA

     Victoria  Victoria Free-Net, (604) 595-2300.  Menus.  Access to all 
features requires completion of a written form.  Users can "link" to 
other Free-Net systems in Canada and the United States. Free. Log on as: 
guest   Voice: (604) 389-6026.

CALIFORNIA            
 
     Berkeley.  Holonet. Menus. For free trial, modem number is (510) 
704-1058. For information or local numbers, call the voice number.  $60 a 
year for local access, $2 an hour during offpeak hours. Voice:  (510) 
704-0160. 
 
     Cupertino.  Portal.  Both Unix and menus.  (408) 725-0561 (2400 
bps); (408) 973-8091 (9600/14,400 bps). $19.95 setup fee, $19.95 a month. 
Voice: (408) 973-9111. 
                                                                
     Irvine. Dial N' CERF.  See under San Diego.
 
     Los Angeles/Orange County.  Kaiwan Public Access Internet, (714) 
539-5726; (310) 527-7358.  $15 signup; $11 a month (credit card). Voice: 
(714) 638-2139. 

     Los Angeles. Dial N' CERF.  See under San Diego.
 
     Oakland. Dial N' CERF.  See under San Diego.

     Pasadena. Dial N' CERF  See under San Diego.

     Palo Alto.  Institute for Global Communications., (415) 322-0284.  
Unix.  Local conferences on environmental/peace issues. Log on as: new. 
$10 a month and $3 an hour after first hour.  Voice: (415) 442-0220.

     San Diego. Dial N' CERF USA, run by the California Education and 
Research Federation. Provides local dial-up numbers in San Diego, Los 
Angeles, Oakland, Pasadena  and Irvine.  For more information, call voice 
(800) 876-CERF or (619) 534-5087.  $50 setup fee; $20 a month plus $5 an 
hour ($3 on weekends). Voice: (800) 876-2373.

     San Diego.  CTS Network Services, (619) 637-3660. Log on as: 
help. $15 set-up fee, monthly fee of $10 to $23 depending on services 
used. Voice: (619) 637-3637.
     
     San Diego.  Cyberspace Station, (619) 634-1376.  Unix.  Log on as: 
guest. Charges: $10 sign-up fee; $15 a month or $60 for six months.

     San Francisco.  Pathways, call voice number for number. Menus. $25 
setup fee; $8 a month and $3 an hour. Voice: (415) 346-4188.

     San Jose. Netcom, (510) 865-9004 or 426-6610; (408) 241-9760; 
(415) 424-0131, up to 9600 bps. Unix.  Maintains archives of Usenet 
postings.  Log on as: guest. $15 startup fee and then $17.50 a month for 
unlimited use if you agree to automatic billing of your credit-card 
account (otherwise $19.50 a month for a monthly invoice).  Voice: (408) 
554-UNIX.                           
 
     San Jose.  A2i, (408) 293-9010. Log on as: guest. $20 a month; $45 
for three months; $72 for six months. 
 
     Sausalito.  The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL), (415) 332-
6106. Uses moderately difficult Picospan software, which is sort of a 
cross between Unix and a menu system.  New users get a written manual.  
More than 200 WELL-only conferences.  Log on as: newuser. $15 a month 
plus $2 an hour.  Access through the nationwide CompuServe Packet Network 
available for another $4.50 an hour.  Voice: (415) 332-4335.  Recorded 
message about the system's current status: (800) 326-8354 (continental U.S. 
only). 
 
COLORADO
 
     Colorado Springs/Denver. CNS, (719) 570-1700 (Colorado Springs); 
(303) 758-2656 (Denver).  Local calendar listings and ski and stock 
reports. Users can choose between menus or Unix. Log on as: new.  $35 
setup fee; $2.75 an hour (minimum fee of $10 a month).  Voice: (719) 592-
1240.

     Colorado Springs.  Old Colorado City Communications, (719) 632-
4111.  Log on as: newuser. $25 a month. Voice: (719) 632-4848.

     Denver.  Denver Free-Net, (303) 270-4865.  Menus.  Access to all 
services requires completion of a written form.  Users can "link" to 
other Free-Net systems across the country.  Free.  Log on as: guest. 

     Golden.  Colorado SuperNet.  E-mail to fax service. Available only 
to Colorado residents. Local dial-in numbers available in several 
Colorado cities. For dial-in numbers, call the number below. $3 an hour 
($1 an hour between midnight and 6 a.m.); one-time $20 sign-up fee. 
Voice: (303) 273-3471. 

DELAWARE

     Middletown.  Systems Solutions, (302) 378-1881. $20 setup fee; $25 a 
month for full Internet access.  Voice: (800) 331-1386


FLORIDA

     Talahassee.  Talahassee Free-Net, (904) 488-5056. Menus. Full access 
requires completion of a registration form.  Can "link" to other Free-Net 
systems around the country. Voice: (904) 488-5056.

GEORGIA

     Atlanta.  Netcom, (303) 758-0101.  See under Los Angeles, 
California, for information on rates. 

ILLINOIS

     Champaign.  Prarienet Free-Net, (217) 255-9000.  Menus.  Log on as: 
visitor. Free for Illinois residents; $25 a year for others. Voice: (217) 
244-1962. 

     Chicago. MCSNet, (312) 248-0900.  $25/month or $65 for three months 
of unlimited access; $30 for three months of access at 15 hours a month. 
Voice: (312) 248-UNIX. 
 
     Peoria.  Peoria Free-Net, (309) 674-1100.  Similar to Cleveland 
Free-Net (see Ohio, below).  Users can "link" to the larger Cleveland 
system for access to Usenet and other services.  There are also Peoria 
Free-Net public-access terminals in numerous area libraries, 
other government buildings and senior-citizen centers.  Contact the 
number below for specific locations.  Full access (including access to 
e-mail) requires completion of a written application. Free.  Voice: (309) 
677-2544. 
 
MARYLAND
 
     Baltimore.  Express Access, (410) 766-1855; (301) 220-0462; (714) 
377-9784.  Log on as: new. $20 setup fee; $25 a month or $250 a year. 
Voice: (800 969-9090. 

     Baltimore.  Clarknet, (410) 730-9786; (410) 995-0271; (301) 596-
1626; (301) 854-0446.  Log on as: guest. $23 a month, $126 for six months 
or $228 a year. Voice: (410) 730-9765.
 
MASSACHUSETTS
 
     Bedford.  The Internet Access Company, (617) 275-0331.  To log on, 
follow on-line prompts.  $20 setup fee; $19.50 a month.  Voice: (617) 
275-2221.

     Brookline.  The World, (617) 739-9753. "Online Book Initiative" 
collection of electronic books, poetry and other text files. Log on as: 
new. $5 a month plus $2 an hour or $20 for 20 hours a month. Available 
nationwide through the CompuServe Packet Network for another $5.60 an hour. 
Voice: (617) 739-0202. 
 
     Lynn.  North Shore Access, (617) 593-4557.  Log on as: new. $10 for 
10 hours a month; $1 an hour after that. Voice: (617) 593-3110. 
 
     Worcester.  NovaLink, (508) 754-4009.  Log on as: info. $12.95 sign-up 
(includes first two hours); $9.95 a month (includes five daytime hours), 
$1.80 an hour after that.  Voice: (800) 274-2814. 
 
MICHIGAN
 
     Ann Arbor.  MSEN.  Call voice number for dial-in number.  Unix.  
Charges: $20 setup; $20 a month. Voice: (313) 998-4562.
 
     Ann Arbor. Michnet. Has local dial-in numbers in several Michigan 
numbers.  For local numbers, call voice number below. $35 a month plus 
one-time $40 sign-up fee.  Additional network fees for access through 
non-Michnet numbers. Voice: (313) 764-9430. 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
 
     Manchester.  MV Communications, Inc.  For local dial-up numbers call 
voice line below.  $5 a month mininum plus variable hourly rates 
depending on services used. Voice: (603) 429-2223. 

NEW JERSEY

     New Brunswick.  Digital Express, (908) 937-9481.  Log on as: new. 
$20 setup fee; $25 a month or $250 a year.  Voice: (800) 969-9090.

NEW YORK 
 
     New York. Panix, (212) 787-3100.  Unix or menus.  Log on as: 
newuser. $40 setup fee; $19 a month or $208 a year.  Voice:  (212) 877-
4854. 
 
      New York.  Echo, (212) 989-8411.  Unix, but with local 
conferencing software. Log on as: newuser.  $19.95 ($13.75 students and 
seniors) a month.  Voice:  (212) 255-3839. 
 
     New York.  MindVox, (212) 989-4141.  Local conferences. Log on as: 
guest.  $10 setup fee for non-credit-card accounts; $15 a month. Voice: 
(212) 989-2418. 
 
     New York.  Pipeline, (212) 267-8606 (9600 bps and higher); (212) 
267-7341 (2400 bps). Offers graphical interface for Windows for $90.  Log 
on as: guest. $20 a month and $2 an hour after first 20 hours or $35 a 
month unlimited hours.  Voice: (212) 267-3636. 
     
     New York.  Maestro, (212) 240-9700. Log on as: newuser. $12 a month 
or $140 a year. Voice: (212) 240-9600.


NORTH CAROLINA
 
     Charlotte.  Vnet Internet Access, (704) 347-8839; (919) 406-1544.  
Log on as: new. $25 a month. Voice: (704) 374-0779. 
 
     Triangle Research Park.  Rock Concert Net.  Call number below for 
local modem numbers in various North Carolina cities.  $30 a month; one-
time $50 sign-up fee. Voice: (919) 248-1999.
 
OHIO
 
     Cleveland.  Cleveland Free-Net, (216) 368-3888.  Ohio and US Supreme 
Court decisions, historical documents, many local conferences.  Full 
access (including access to e-mail) requires completion of a written 
application. Free. Voice:  (216) 368-8737. 

     Cincinnati.  Tri-State Free-Net, (513) 579-1990.  Similar to 
Cleveland Free-Net. Full access (including access to e-mail) requires 
completion of a written application. Free.                       
 
     Cleveland.  Wariat, (216) 481-9436. Unix or menus. $20 setup fee; 
$35 a month.  Voice: (216) 481-9428. 

     Dayton.  Freelance Systems Programming, (513) 258-7745. $20 setup 
fee; $1 an hour. Voice: (513) 254-7246.

     Lorain.  Lorain County Free-Net, (216) 277-2359 or 366-9753.  
     Similar to Cleveland Free-Net.  Users can "link" to the larger 
Cleveland system for additional services.  Full access (including 
access to e-mail) requires completion of a written application. Free. 
Voice: (216) 366-4200. 
 
     Medina.  Medina Free-Net, (216) 723-6732, 225-6732 or 335-6732.  
Users can "link" to the larger Cleveland Free-Net for additional 
services.  Full access (including access to e-mail) requires 
completion of a written application. Free.                       
 
     Youngstown.  Youngstown Free-Net, (216) 742-3072.  Users can 
"link" to the Cleveland system for services not found locally.  Full 
access (including access to e-mail) requires completion of a written 
application. Free.
 
ONTARIO
 
     Ottawa.  National Capital FreeNet, (613) 780-3733 or (613) 564-3600.  
Free, but requires completion of a written form for access to all 
services.

     Toronto.  UUNorth.  Call voice number below for local dial-in 
numbers. $20 startup fee; $25 for 20 hours a month of offpeak use. Voice: 
(416) 225-8649. 
 
     Toronto.  Internex Online, (416) 363-3783.  Both Unix and menus. $40 
a year for one hour a day. Voice: (416) 363-8676. 

OREGON
 
     Portland.  Agora, (503) 293-1772 (2400 bps), (503) 293-2059 (9600 
bps or higher). Log on as: apply. $6 a month for one hour per day.
 
     Portland.  Teleport, (503) 220-0636 (2400 bps); (503) 220-1016 
(9600 and higher).  Log on as: new.  $10 a month for one hour per day. 
Voice: (503) 223-4245. 

PENNSYLVANIA
 
     Pittsburgh.  Telerama, (412) 481-5302. $6 for 10 hours a month, 60 
cents for each additional hour. Voice: (412) 481-3505. 

QUEBEC
 
     Montreal.  Communications Accessibles Montreal, (514) 931-7178 (9600 
bps); (514) 931-2333 (2400 bps). $25 a month. Voice: (514) 931-0749. 
 
RHODE ISLAND
 
     East Greenwich.  IDS World Network, (401) 884-9002.  In addition 
to Usenet, has conferences from the Fidonet and RIME networks.  $10 a 
month; $50 for six months; $100 for a year. 

     Providence/Seekonk.  Anomaly, (401) 331-3706.  $125 for six months  
or $200 a year. Educational rate of $75 for six months or $125 a year. 
Voice: (401) 273-4669. 

TEXAS

     Austin.  RealTime Communications, (512) 459-4391.  Log on as: new. 
$75 a year. Voice: (512) 451-0046. 

     Dallas.  Texas Metronet, (214) 705-2901; (817) 261-1127.  Log on as: 
info or signup. $10 to $35 setup fee, depending on service; $10 to $45 a 
month, depending on service. Voice: (214) 705-2900 or (817) 543-8756. 

     Houston.  The Black Box, (713) 480-2686.  $21.65 a month. Voice: (713) 
480-2684. 

VIRGINIA
 
     Norfolk/Peninsula.  Wyvern Technologies, (804) 627-1828 (Norfolk); 
(804) 886-0662 (Peninsula).  $10 startup fee; $15 a month or $144 a year. 
Voice: (804) 622-4289. 
 
WASHINGTON, DC
 
     The Meta Network.  Call voice number below for local dial-in 
numbers.  Caucus conferencing, menus. $15 setup fee; $20 a month. Voice: 
(703) 243-6622. 

     CapAccess, (202), 784-1523.  Log on as guest with a password of 
visitor.  A Free-Net system (see under Cleveland, Ohio, for information).  
Free. Voice: (202) 994-4245.
 
     See also: listing under Baltimore, MD for Express Access and 
Clarknet.
 
WASHINGTON STATE
 
     Seattle. Halcyon, (206) 382-6245.  Users can choose between menus 
and Unix.  Log on as: new.  $10 setup fee; $60 a quarter or $200 a year. 
Voice: (206) 955-1050. 
 
     Seattle.  Eskimo North, (206) 367-3837 (all speeds), (206) 362-6731 
(9600/14.4K bps).  $10 a month or $96 a year. Voice: (206) 367-7457. 

UNITED KINGDOM

     London.  Demon Internet Systems, 44 (0)81 343 4848.  12.50 setup 
fee;  10 a month or  132.50 a year.  Voice: 44 (0)81 349 0063

 
1.4 IF YOUR TOWN HAS NO DIRECT ACCESS
 

     If you don't live in an area with a public-access site, you'll still 
be able to connect to the Net.  Several services offer access 
through national data networks such as the CompuServe Packet Network and 
SprintNet, which have dozens, even hundreds of local dial-in numbers across 
the country.  These include Holonet in Berkeley, Calf., Portal in 
Cupertino, Calf., the WELL in Sausalito, Calf., Dial 'N CERF in San Diego, 
Calf., the World in Brookline, Mass., and Michnet in Ann Arbor, Mich.  Dial 
'N CERF offers access through an 800 number.  Expect to pay from $2 to $12 
an hour to use these networks, above each provider's basic charges.  The 
exact amount depends on the network, time of day and type of modem you use.  
For more information, contact the above services. 
     Four other providers deliver Net access to users across the 
country:
     Delphi, based in Cambridge, Mass., is a consumer-oriented network 
much like CompuServe or America Online -- only it now offers 
subscribers access to Internet services. Delphi charges: $3 a month for 
Internet access, in addition to standard charges.  These are $10 a month 
for four hours of off-peak (non-working hours) access a month and $4 an 
hour for each additional hour or $20 for 20 hours of access a month and 
$1.80 an hour for each additional hour.  For more information, call (800) 
695-4005. 
     BIX (the Byte Information Exchange) offers FTP, Telnet and e-mail
access to the Internet as part of their basic service. Owned by the same 
company as Delphi, it also offers 20 hours of access a month for $20.  
For more information, call (800) 695-4775.              
     PSI, based in Reston, Va., provides nationwide access to Internet 
services through scores of local dial-in numbers to owners of IBM and 
compatible computers.  PSILink. which includes access to e-mail, 
Usenet and ftp, costs $29 a month, plus a one-time $19 registration 
fee.  Special software is required, but is available free from PSI. 
PSI's Global Dialup Service provides access to telnet for $39 a month 
plus a one-time $39 set-up fee.  For more information, call (800) 
82PSI82 or (703) 620-6651.
     NovX Systems Integration, based in Seattle, Washington, offers full 
Internet access through an 800 number reachable across the United States. 
There is a $24.95 setup fee, in addition to a monthly fee of $19.95 and a 
$10.5 hourly charge.  For more information, call (206) 447-0800. 




1.5  NET ORIGINS


     In the 1960s, researchers began experimenting with linking computers 
to each other and to people through telephone hook-ups, using funds from 
the U.S Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). 
     ARPA wanted to see if computers in different locations could be 
linked using a new technology known as packet switching. This technology, 
in which data meant for another location is broken up into little pieces, 
each with its own "forwarding address" had the promise of letting several 
users share just one communications line.  Just as important, from ARPA's 
viewpoint, was that this allowed for creation of networks that could 
automatically route data around downed circuits or computers.  ARPA's 
goal was not the creation of today's international computer-using 
community, but development of a data network that could survive a nuclear 
attack.
     Previous computer networking efforts had required a line between 
each computer on the network, sort of like a one-track train route. The 
packet system allowed for creation of a data highway, in which large 
numbers of vehicles could essentially share the same lane.  Each packet 
was given the computer equivalent of a map and a time stamp, so that it 
could be sent to the right destination, where it would then be 
reassembled into a message the computer or a human could use. 
     This system allowed computers to share data and the researchers to 
exchange electronic mail, or e-mail.  In itself, e-mail was something 
of a revolution, offering the ability to send detailed letters at the 
speed of a phone call. 
      As this system, known as ARPANet, grew, some enterprising college 
students (and one in high school) developed a way to use it to conduct 
online conferences.  These started as science-oriented discussions, but 
they soon branched out into virtually every other field, as people 
recognized the power of being able to "talk" to hundreds, or even 
thousands, of people around the country. 
     In the 1970s, ARPA helped support the development of rules, or 
protocols, for transferring data between different types of computer 
networks.  These "internet" (from "internetworking") protocols made it 
possible to develop the worldwide Net we have today that links all sorts 
of computers across national boundaries. By the close of the 1970s, links 
developed between ARPANet and counterparts in other countries.  The world 
was now tied together in a computer web.  
     In the 1980s, this network of networks, which became known 
collectively as the Internet, expanded at a phenomenal rate.  Hundreds, 
then thousands, of colleges, research companies and government agencies 
began to connect their computers to this worldwide Net.  Some 
enterprising hobbyists and companies unwilling to pay the high costs of 
Internet access (or unable to meet stringent government regulations for 
access) learned how to link their own systems to the Internet, even if 
"only" for e-mail and conferences.  Some of these systems began 
offering access to the public. Now anybody with a computer and modem -- 
and persistence -- could tap into the world. 
     In the 1990s, the Net continues to grow at exponential rates.  Some 
estimates are that the volume of messages transferred through the Net 
grows 20 percent a month.  In response, government and other users have 
tried in recent years to expand the Net itself.  Once, the main Net 
"backbone" in the U.S. moved data at 56,000 bits per second. That proved 
too slow for the ever increasing amounts of data being sent over it, and 
in recent years the maximum speed was increased to 1.5 million and then 
45 million bits per second. Even before the Net was able to reach that 
latter speed, however, Net experts were already figuring out ways to pump 
data at speeds of up to 2 billion bits per second -- fast enough to send 
the entire Encyclopedia Britannica across the country in just one or two 
seconds.  Another major change has been the development of commercial 
services that provide internetworking services at speeds comparable to 
those of the government system.  In fact, by mid-1994, the U.S. 
government will remove itself from any day-to-day control over the 
workings of the Net, as regional and national providers continue to 
expand.
 

1.6  HOW IT WORKS
 

     The worldwide Net is actually a complex web of smaller regional 
networks.  To understand it, picture a modern road network of trans-
continental superhighways connecting large cities.  From these large cities 
come smaller freeways and parkways to link together small towns, whose 
residents travel on slower, narrow residential ways.  
     The Net superhighway is the high-speed Internet.  Connected to 
this are computers that use a particular system of transferring data 
at high speeds.  In the U.S., the major Internet "backbone" 
theoretically can move data at rates of 45 million bits per second 
(compare this to the average home modem, which has a top speed of roughly 
9,600 to 14,400 bits per second).  
     Connected to the backbone computers are smaller networks serving 
particular geographic regions, which generally move data at speeds 
around 1.5 million bits per second.
     Feeding off these in turn are even smaller networks or individual 
computers.
     Unlike with commercial networks such as CompuServe or Prodigy, there 
is no one central computer or computers running the Internet -- its 
resources are to be found among thousands of individual computers.  This 
is both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness.   The approach 
means it is virtually impossible for the entire Net to crash at once -- 
even if one computer shuts down, the rest of the network stays up.  The 
design also reduces the costs for an individual or organization to get 
onto the network.  But thousands of connected computers can also make it 
difficult to navigate the Net and find what you want -- especially as 
different computers may have different commands for plumbing their 
resources.  It is only recently that Net users have begun to develop the 
sorts of navigational tools and "maps" that will let neophytes get around 
without getting lost. 
     Nobody really knows how many computers and networks actually make 
up this Net.  Some estimates say there are now as many as 5,000 
networks connecting nearly 2 million computers and more than 15 million 
people around the world.  Whatever the actual numbers, however, it is 
clear they are only increasing.   
     The Net is more than just a technological marvel. It is human 
communication at its most fundamental level.  The pace may be a little 
quicker when the messages race around the world in a few seconds, but 
it's not much different from a large and interesting party. You'll see 
things in cyberspace that will make you laugh; you'll see things that 
will anger you.  You'll read silly little snippets and new ideas that 
make you think.  You'll make new friends and meet people you wish would 
just go away. 
     Major network providers continue to work on ways to make it 
easier for users of one network to communicate with those of another.  
Work is underway on a system for providing a universal "white pages" 
in which you could look up somebody's electronic-mail address, for 
example.  This connectivity trend will likely speed up in coming years 
as users begin to demand seamless network access, much as telephone 
users can now dial almost anywhere in the world without worrying about 
how many phone companies actually have to connect their calls. 
     And today, the links grow ever closer between the Internet and such 
commercial networks as CompuServe and Prodigy, whose users can now 
exchange electronic mail with their Internet friends.  Some commercial 
providers, such as Delphi and America Online, are working to bring their 
subscribers direct access to Internet services.
     And as it becomes easier to use, more and more people will join 
this worldwide community we call the Net. 
     Being connected to the Net takes more than just reading 
conferences and logging messages to your computer; it takes asking and 
answering questions, exchanging opinions -- getting involved. 
     If you choose to go forward, to use and contribute, you will become 
a citizen of Cyberspace.  If you're reading these words for the first 
time, this may seem like an amusing but unlikely notion -- that one 
could "inhabit" a place without physical space.  But put a mark beside 
these words.  Join the Net and actively participate for a year.  Then 
re-read this passage.  It will no longer seem so strange to be a 
"citizen of Cyberspace."  It will seem like the most natural thing in 
the world.   
     And that leads to another fundamental thing to remember:
 
                You can't break the Net!
 
     As you travel the Net, your computer may freeze, your screen may 
erupt into a mass of gibberish.  You may think you've just disabled a 
million-dollar computer somewhere -- or even your own personal 
computer.  Sooner or later, this feeling happens to everyone -- and 
likely more than once. But the Net and your computer are hardier than 
you think, so relax.  You can no more break the Net than you can the 
phone system.  If something goes wrong, try again.  If nothing at all 
happens, you can always disconnect.   If worse comes to worse, you can 
turn off your computer.  Then take a deep breath.  And dial right back 
in. Leave a note for the person who runs the computer to which you've 
connected to ask for advice.  Try it again. Persistence pays.  
     Stay and contribute.  The Net will be richer for it -- and so will 
you.        


1.7  WHEN THINGS GO WRONG 
 
     * Your computer connects with a public-access site and get gibberish 
on your screen.  
     If you are using parameters of 8-1-N, try 7-1-e (or vice-versa).  If 
that doesn't work, try another modem speed. 
     * You have your computer dial a public-access site, but nothing 
happens.  
     Check the phone number you typed in.  If correct, turn on your modem's 
speaker (on Hayes-compatible modems, you can usually do this by typing ATM1 
in your communications software's "terminal mode").  If the phone just 
rings and rings, the public-access site could be down for maintenance or 
due to a crash or some other problem.  If you get a "connect" message, but 
nothing else, try hitting enter or escape a couple of times.  
     * You try to log in, but after you type your password, nothing 
happens, or you get a "timed out" message followed by a disconnect.  
     Re-dial the number and try it again.
     * Always remember, if you have a problem that just doesn't go away,
ask! Ask your system administrator, ask a friend, but ask.  Somebody will
know what to do.


1.8  FYI


     The Net grows so fast that even the best guide to its resources 
would be somewhat outdated the day it was printed.  At the end of each 
chapter, however, you'll find FYI pointers to places on the Net where you 
can go for more information or to keep updated on new resources and 
services. 
     Peter Kaminski maintains a list of systems that provide public 
access to Internet services.  It's availble on the network itself, which 
obviously does you little good if you currently have no access, but which 
can prove invaluable should you move or want to find a new system.  Look 
for his "PDIAL" file in the alt.bbs.lists or news.answers newsgroups in 
Usenet (for information on accessing Usenet, see Chapter 3).
     Steven Levy's book, "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution," 
(Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984). describes the early culture and ethos 
that ultimately resulted in the Internet and Usenet. 
     John Quarterman's "The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing 
Systems Worldwide" (Digital Press, 1990) is an exhaustive look at 
computer networks and how they connect with each other. 
     You'll find numerous documents about the Internet, its history and
its resources in the pub/Net_info directory on the Electronic Frontier
Foundation's FTP server (see chapter 7 to decipher this).






Chapter 2: E-MAIL

 
 

2.1  THE BASICS


     Electronic mail, or e-mail, is your personal connection to the 
world of the Net. 
     All of the millions of people around the world who use the 
Net have their own e-mail addresses.  A growing number of "gateways" tie 
more and more people to the Net every day.  When you logged onto the host 
system you are now using, it automatically generated an address for you, 
as well. 
    The basic concepts behind e-mail parallel those of regular mail.  
You send mail to people at their particular addresses.  In turn, they 
write to you at your e-mail address.  You can subscribe to the 
electronic equivalent of magazines and newspapers. You might even get 
electronic junk mail.
    E-mail has two distinct advantages over regular mail.  The most 
obvious is speed. Instead of several days, your message can reach the 
other side of the world in hours, minutes or even seconds (depending on 
where you drop off your mail and the state of the connections between 
there and your recipient).  The other advantage is that once you master 
the basics, you'll be able to use e-mail to access databases and file 
libraries.  You'll see how to do this later, along with learning how to 
transfer program and data files through e-mail. 
    E-mail also has advantages over the telephone.  You send your 
message when it's convenient for you.  Your recipients respond at their 
convenience.  No more telephone tag.  And while a phone call across 
the country or around the world can quickly result in huge phone 
bills, e-mail lets you exchange vast amounts of mail for only a few 
pennies -- even if the other person is in New Zealand. 
    E-mail is your connection to help -- your Net lifeline.  The 
Net can sometimes seem a frustrating place!  No matter how hard you 
try, no matter where you look, you just might not be able to find the 
answer to whatever is causing you problems. But when you know how to 
use e-mail, help is often just a few keystrokes away: you can ask your 
system administrator or a friend for help in an e-mail message. 
    The quickest way to start learning e-mail is to send yourself a 
message.  Most public-access sites actually have several different types 
of mail systems, all of which let you both send and receive mail. We'll 
start with the simplest one, known, appropriately enough, as "mail," and 
then look at a couple of other interfaces. At your host system's command 
prompt, type: 
 
             mail username 
 
where username is the name you gave yourself when you first logged on.  
Hit enter.  The computer might respond with 
    
             subject: 
 
     Type 
 
             test 
 
or, actually, anything at all (but you'll have to hit enter before 
you get to the end of the screen). Hit enter. 
     The cursor will drop down a line. You can now begin writing the 
actual message. Type a sentence, again, anything at all.  And here's 
where you hit your first Unix frustration, one that will bug you 
repeatedly: you have to hit enter before you get to the very end of the 
line.  Just like typewriters, many Unix programs have no word-wrapping 
(although there are ways to get some Unix text processors, such as emacs, 
to word-wrap). 
     When done with your message, hit return. Now hit control-D (the 
control and the D keys at the same time).  This is a Unix command that 
tells the computer you're done writing and that it should close your 
"envelope" and mail it off (you could also hit enter once and then, on 
a blank line, type a period at the beginning of the line and hit enter 
again). 
     You've just sent your first e-mail message.  And because you're 
sending mail to yourself, rather than to someone somewhere else on the 
Net, your message has already arrived, as we'll see in a moment.
     If you had wanted, you could have even written your message on 
your own computer and then uploaded it into this electronic 
"envelope."  There are a couple of good reasons to do this with long 
or involved messages.  One is that once you hit enter at the end of a 
line in "mail" you can't readily fix any mistakes on that line (unless 
you use some special commands to call up a Unix text processor).  Also, 
if you are paying for access by the hour, uploading a prepared 
message can save you money.  Remember to save the document in ASCII or 
text format.  Uploading a document you've created in a word processor 
that uses special formatting commands (which these days means many 
programs) will cause strange effects.
     When you get that blank line after the subject line, upload the 
message using the ASCII protocol.  Or you can copy and paste the text, 
if your software allows that. When done, hit control-D as above. 
     Now you have mail waiting for you.  Normally, when you log on, 
your public-access site will tell you whether you have new mail 
waiting.  To open your mailbox and see your waiting mail, type 
                 
          mail 
 
and hit enter. 
     When the host system sees "mail" without a name after it, it 
knows you want to look in your mailbox rather than send a message. 
Your screen, on a plain-vanilla Unix system will display:
 
         Mail version SMI 4.0 Mon Apr 24 18:34:15 PDT 1989  Type ? for help. 
         "/usr/spool/mail/adamg": 1 message 1 new 1 unread 
  
         >N 1 adamg              Sat Jan 15 20:04   12/290   test 
   
     Ignore the first line; it's just computerese of value only to the 
people who run your system. You can type a question mark and hit 
return, but unless you're familiar with Unix, most of what you'll see 
won't make much sense at this point.  
     The second line tells you the directory on the host system where 
your mail messages are put, which again, is not something you'll likely 
need to know.  The second line also tells you how many messages are in your 
mailbox, how many have come in since the last time you looked and how 
many messages you haven't read yet. 
     It's the third line that is of real interest -- it tells you who 
the message is from, when it arrived, how many lines and characters 
it takes up, and what the subject is.  The "N" means it is a new 
message -- it arrived after the last time you looked in your mailbox.  
Hit enter. And there's your message -- only now it's a lot 
longer than what you wrote! 
 
        Message 1: 
        From adamg Jan 15 20:04:55 1994
        Received: by eff.org id AA28949 
        (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4/pen-ident for adamg); Sat, 15 Jan 1994 20:04:55 -0400  
        (ident-sender: adamg@eff.org) 
        Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 21:34:55 -0400 
        From: Adam Gaffin <adamg> 
        Message-Id: <199204270134.AA28949@eff.org> 
        To: adamg 
        Subject: test 
        Status: R 
 
        This is only a test! 
 
     Whoa! What is all that stuff? It's your message with a postmark 
gone mad.  Just as the postal service puts its marks on every piece of 
mail it handles, so do Net postal systems.  Only it's called a 
"header" instead of a postmark. Each system that handles or routes 
your mail puts its stamp on it.  Since many messages go through a 
number of systems on their way to you, you will often get messages 
with headers that seem to go on forever.  Among other things, a header 
will tell you exactly when a message was sent and received (even the 
difference between your local time and Greenwich Mean Time -- as at the end 
of line 4 above). 
     If this had been a long message, it would just keep scrolling 
across and down your screen -- unless the people who run your public-
access site have set it up to pause every 24 lines.  One way to deal 
with a message that doesn't stop is to use your telecommunication 
software's logging or text-buffer function.  Start it before you hit 
the number of the message you want to see.  Your computer will ask you 
what you want to call the file you're about to create. After you name 
the file and hit enter, type the number of the message you want to see 
and hit enter.  When the message finishes scrolling, turn off the 
text-buffer function. The message is now saved in your computer.  
This way, you can read the message while not connected to the Net 
(which can save you money if you're paying by the hour) and write a 
reply offline. 
     But in the meantime, now what?  You can respond to the message, 
delete it or save it.  To respond, type a lowercase r and hit 
enter.  You'll get something like this: 
 
          To: adamg 
          Subject: Re:  test 
 
     Note that this time, you don't have to enter a user name.  The 
computer takes it from the message you're replying to and 
automatically addresses your message to its sender. The computer also 
automatically inserts a subject line, by adding "Re:" to the original 
subject.  From here, it's just like writing a new message. But say you 
change your mind and decide not to reply after all. How do you get out 
of the message? Hit control-C once. You'll get this: 
 
          (Interrupt -- one more to kill letter) 
 
If you hit control-C once more, the message will disappear and you'll 
get back to your mail's command line. 
     Now, if you type a lowercase d and then hit enter, you'll 
delete the original message.  Type a lowercase q to exit your 
mailbox.  
     If you type a q without first hitting d, your message is 
transferred to a file called mbox.  This file is where all read, but 
un-deleted messages go.  If you want to leave it in your mailbox for 
now, type a lowercase x and hit enter.  This gets you out of mail 
without making any changes. 
     The mbox file works a lot like your mailbox.  To access it, 
type 
   
           mail -f mbox 
 
at your host system's command line and hit enter.  
     You'll get a menu identical to the one in your mailbox from which 
you can read these old messages, delete them or respond to them.  It's 
probably a good idea to clear out your mailbox and mbox file from 
time to time, if only to keep them uncluttered. 
    Are there any drawbacks to e-mail?  There are a few.  One is that 
people seem more willing to fly off the handle electronically than in 
person, or over the phone.  Maybe it's because it's so easy to hit r
and reply to a message without pausing and reflecting a moment.  
That's why we have smileys (see section 2.4)!  There's no online 
equivalent yet of a return receipt: chances are your message got to where 
it's going, but there's no absolute way for you to know for sure unless 
you get a reply from the other person.                
     So now you're ready to send e-mail to other people on the Net.  
Of course, you need somebody's address to send them mail.  How do you 
get it?  
     Alas, the simplest answer is not what you'd call the most 
elegant: you call them up on the phone or write them a letter on paper 
and ask them.  Residents of the electronic frontier are only beginning 
to develop the equivalent of phone books, and the ones that exist 
today are far from complete (still, later on, in Chapter 6, we'll show 
you how to use some of these directories). 
     Eventually, you'll start corresponding with people, which means 
you'll want to know how to address mail to them.  It's vital to know 
how to do this, because the smallest mistake -- using a comma when you 
should have used a period, for instance, can bounce the message back 
to you, undelivered.  In this sense, Net addresses are like phone 
numbers: one wrong digit and you get the wrong person.  Fortunately, 
most net addresses now adhere to a relatively easy-to-understand 
system. 
     Earlier, you sent yourself a mail message using just your user-
name.  This was sort of like making a local phone call -- you didn't 
have to dial a 1 or an area code.  This also works for mail to anybody 
else who has an account on the same system as you. 
     Sending mail outside of your system, though, will require the use 
of the Net equivalent of area codes, called "domains." A basic Net 
address will look something like this: 
 
              tomg@world.std.com 
 
     Tomg is somebody's user ID, and he is at (hence the @ sign) a site 
(or in Internetese, a "domain") known as std.com.  Large organizations 
often have more than one computer linked to the Internet; in this case, 
the name of the particular machine is world (you will quickly notice 
that, like boat owners, Internet computer owners always name their 
machines). 
     Domains tell you the name of the organization that runs a given 
e-mail site and what kind of site it is or, if it's not in the U.S., 
what country it's located in.  Large organizations may have more than 
one computer or gateway tied to the Internet, so you'll often see a 
two-part domain name; and sometimes even three- or four-part domain 
names. 
     In general, American addresses end in an organizational suffix, 
such as ".edu," which means the site is at a college or university. 
Other American suffixes include: 
          
          .com for businesses 
          .org for non-profit organizations 
          .gov and .mil for government and military agencies 
          .net for companies or organizations that run large networks.  
 
     Sites in the rest of the world tend to use a two-letter code that 
represents their country.  Most make sense, such as .ca for Canadian 
sites, but there are a couple of seemingly odd ones.  Swiss sites end 
in .ch, while South African ones end in .za.  Some U.S. sites have 
followed this international convention (such as well.sf.ca.us).
    You'll notice that the above addresses are all in lower-case.  
Unlike almost everything else having anything at all to do with Unix, 
most Net mailing systems don't care about case, so you generally don't 
have to worry about capitalizing e-mail addresses.  Alas, there are a few 
exceptions -- some public-access sites do allow for capital letters in 
user names.  When in doubt, ask the person you want to write to, or let 
her send you a message first (recall how a person's e-mail address is 
usually found on the top of her message). The domain name, the part of the 
address after the @ sign, never has to be capitalized.               
     It's all a fairly simple system that works very well, except, 
again, it's vital to get the address exactly right -- just as you have 
to dial a phone number exactly right.  Send a message to tomg@unm.edu 
(which is the University of New Mexico) when you meant to send it to 
tomg@umn.edu (the University of Minnesota), and your letter will either 
bounce back to you undelivered, or go to the wrong person.
     If your message is bounced back to you as undeliverable, you'll 
get an ominous looking-message from MAILER-DAEMON (actually a rather 
benign Unix program that exists to handle mail), with an evil-looking 
header followed by the text of your message. Sometimes, you can tell 
what went wrong by looking at the first few lines of the bounced 
message.  Besides an incorrect address, it's possible your host system 
does not have the other site in the "map" it maintains of other host 
systems. Or you could be trying to send mail to another network, such 
as Bitnet or CompuServe, that has special addressing requirements.
    Sometimes, figuring all this out can prove highly frustrating.  
But remember the prime Net commandment: Ask.  Send a message to your 
system administrator.  He or she might be able to help decipher the 
problem. 
    There is one kind of address that may give your host system 
particular problems.  There are two main ways that Unix systems 
exchange mail.  One is known as UUCP and started out with a different 
addressing system than the rest of the Net.  Most UUCP systems have 
since switched over to the standard Net addressing system, but a few 
traditional sites still cling to their original type, which tends to 
have lots of exclamation points in it, like this: 
 
               uunet!somesite!othersite!mybuddy 
 
     The problem for many host sites is that exclamation points (also 
known as "bangs") now mean something special in the more common systems 
or "shells" used to operate many Unix computers. This means that 
addressing mail to such a site (or even responding to a message you 
received from one) could confuse the poor computer to no end and your 
message never gets sent out. If that happens, try putting backslashes in 
front of each exclamation point, so that you get an address that looks 
like this: 
          
               uunet\!somesite\!othersite\!mybuddy 
 
Note that this means you may not be able to respond to such a message 
by typing a lowercase r  -- you may get an error message and you'll 
have to create a brand-new message. 
    If you want to get a taste of what's possible through e-mail,
start an e-mail message to
 
              almanac@oes.orst.edu
 
Leave the "subject:" line blank.  As a message, write this:
 
              send quote
 
Or, if you're feeling a little down, write this instead:
 
              send moral-support
 
     In either case, you will get back a message within a few seconds to 
a few hours (depending on the state of your host system's Internet 
connection).  If you simply asked for a quote, you'll get back a 
fortune-cookie-like saying.  If you asked for moral support, you'll also 
get back a fortune-cookie-like saying, only supposedly more uplifting.
      This particular "mail server" is run by Oregon State University. 
Its main purpose is actually to provide a way to distribute agricultural 
information via e-mail.  If you'd like to find out how to use the 
server's full range of services, send a message to its address with this 
line in it: 
 
              send help
 
You'll quickly get back a lengthy document detailing just what's 
available and how to get it.
     Feeling opinionated?  Want to give the President of the United 
States a piece of your mind?  Send a message to president@whitehouse.gov.  
Or if the vice president will do, write vice-president@whitehouse.gov. 
     The "mail" program is actually a very powerful one and a Netwide 
standard, at least on Unix computers.  But it can be hard to figure 
out -- you can type a question mark to get a list of commands, but 
these may be of limited use unless you're already familiar with Unix. 
Fortunately, there are a couple of other mail programs that are easier 
to use. 


2.2  ELM -- A BETTER WAY 

 
     Elm is a combination mailbox and letter-writing system that uses 
menus to help you navigate through mail.  Most Unix-based host systems 
now have it online. To use it, type 
  
                elm 
 
and hit enter.  You'll get a menu of your waiting mail, along with a 
list of commands you can execute, that will look something like this:
 
 
       Mailbox is '/usr/spool/mail/adamg' with 38 messages [ELM 2.3 PL11]      
                                                                               
                                                                               
     1   Sep 1  Christopher Davis  (13)   here's another message.              
     2   Sep 1  Christopher Davis  (91)   This is a message from Eudora        
     3   Aug 31 Rita Marie Rouvali (161)  First Internet Hunt !!! (fwd)        
     4   Aug 31 Peter Scott/Manage (69)   New File <UK077> University of Londo 
     5   Aug 30 Peter Scott/Manage (64)   New File <DIR020> X.500 service at A 
     6   Aug 30 Peter Scott/Manage (39)   New File <NET016> DATAPAC Informatio 
     7   Aug 28 Peter Scott/Manage (67)   Proposed Usenet group for HYTELNET n 
     8   Aug 28 Peter Scott/Manage (56)   New File <DIR019> JANET Public Acces 
     9   Aug 26 Helen Trillian Ros (15)   Tuesday                              
     10  Aug 26 Peter Scott/Manage (151)  Update <CWK004> Oxford University OU 
                                                                               
                                                                               
   You can use any of the following commands by pressing the first character;  
 d)elete or u)ndelete mail,  m)ail a message,  r)eply or f)orward mail,  q)uit 
    To read a message, press <return>.  j = move down, k = move up, ? = help   
 
     Each line shows the date you received the message, who sent it, 
how many lines long the message is, and the message's subject.
     If you are using VT100 emulation, you can move up and down the 
menu with your up and down arrow keys.  Otherwise, type the line number 
of the message you want to read or delete and hit enter.
     When you read a message, it pauses every 24 lines, instead of 
scrolling until it's done.  Hit the space bar to read the next page.  
You can type a lowercase r to reply or a lower-case q or i 
to get back to the menu (the I stands for "index").  
     At the main menu, hitting a lowercase m followed by enter 
will let you start a message.  To delete a message, type a lower-case 
d.  You can do this while reading the message.  Or, if you are in 
the menu, move the cursor to the message's line and then hit d. 
     When you're done with elm, type a lower-case q.  The program 
will ask if you really want to delete the messages you marked. Then, 
it will ask you if you want to move any messages you've read but 
haven't marked for deletion to a "received" file.  For now, hit your n
key.  
     Elm has a major disadvantage for the beginner. The default text 
editor it generally calls up when you hit your r or m key is often a 
program called emacs. Unixoids swear by emacs, but everybody else almost 
always finds it impossible.  Unfortunately, you can't always get away 
from it (or vi, another text editor often found on Unix systems), so 
later on we'll talk about some basic commands that will keep you from 
going totally nuts. 
     If you want to save a message to your own computer, hit s, either 
within the message or with your cursor on the message entry in the elm 
menu.  A filename will pop up.  If you do not like it, type a new name 
(you won't have to backspace).  Hit enter, and the message will be saved 
with that file name in your "home directory" on your host system.  After 
you exit elm, you can now download it (ask your system administrator for 
specifics on how to download -- and upload -- such files).

 
2.3  PINE -- AN EVEN BETTER WAY

 
     Pine is based on elm but includes a number of improvements that 
make it an ideal mail system for beginners.   Like elm, pine starts 
you with a menu.  It also has an "address book" feature that is handy 
for people with long or complex e-mail addresses. Hitting A at the 
main menu puts you in the address book, where you can type in the 
person's first name (or nickname) followed by her address. Then, when 
you want to send that person a message, you only have to type in her 
first name or nickname, and pine automatically inserts her actual 
address. The address book also lets you set up a mailing list.  This 
feature allows you to send the same message to a number of people at 
once. 
     What really sets pine apart is its built-in text editor, 
which looks and feels a lot more like word-processing programs 
available for MS-DOS and Macintosh users.  Not only does it have 
word wrap (a revolutionary concept if ever there was one), it also has a 
spell-checker and a search command. Best of all, all of the commands 
you need are listed in a two-line mini-menu at the bottom of each 
screen.  The commands look like this: 
 
               ^W Where is 
 
The little caret is a synonym for the key marked "control" on your 
keyboard.  To find where a particular word is in your document, you'd 
hit your control key and your W key at the same time, which would bring 
up a prompt asking you for the word to look for. 
     Some of pine's commands are a tad peculiar (control-V for "page 
down" for example), which comes from being based on a variant of 
emacs (which is utterly peculiar).  But again, all of the commands you 
need are listed on that two-line mini-menu, so it shouldn't take you 
more than a couple of seconds to find the right one. 
     To use pine, type 
 
               pine 
 
at the command line and hit enter.  It's a relatively new program, so 
some systems may not yet have it online.  But it's so easy to use, you 
should probably send e-mail to your system administrator urging him to 
get it! 
 
 
2.4  SMILEYS
 
 
    When you're involved in an online discussion, you can't see the 
smiles or shrugs that the other person might make in a live 
conversation to show he's only kidding.  But online, there's no body 
language. So what you might think is funny, somebody else might take as 
an insult.  To try to keep such misunderstandings from erupting into 
bitter disputes, we have smileys.  Tilt your head to the left and look at 
the following sideways. :-).  Or simply :).  This is your basic "smiley."
Use it to indicate people should not take that comment you just made as 
seriously as they might otherwise.  You make a smiley by typing a colon, 
a hyphen and a right parenthetical bracket. Some people prefer using the 
word "grin," usually in this form: 
 
          <grin>   
 
Sometimes, though, you'll see it as *grin* or even just <g> for short. 
 
Some other smileys include: 
 
          ;-)      Wink; 
          :-(      Frown; 
          :-O      Surprise; 
          8-)      Wearing glasses; 
          =|:-)=   Abe Lincoln. 
    
         OK, so maybe the last two are a little bogus :-).
 

2.5  SENDING E-MAIL TO OTHER NETWORKS
 
 
     There are a number of computer networks that are not directly 
part of the Net, but which are now connected through "gateways" that 
allow the passing of e-mail.  Here's a list of some of the larger 
networks, how to send mail to them and how their users can send mail to 
you: 
 
America Online 
 
     Remove any spaces from a user's name and append "aol.com," to get 
 
               user@aol.com 
 
     America Online users who want to send mail to you need only put 
your Net address in the "to:" field before composing a message. 
 
 
ATTMail 
 
     Address your message to user@attmail.com. 
   
     From ATTMail, a user would send mail to you in this form: 
 
               internet!domain!user 
 
     So if your address were nancyr@world.std.com, your correspondent 
would send a message to you at 
 
               internet!world.std.com!nancyr 
 
 
Bitnet 
     
     Users of Bitnet (and NetNorth in Canada and EARN in Europe) often 
have addresses in this form: IZZY@INDVMS.  If you're lucky, all you'll 
have to do to mail to that address is add "bitnet" at the end, to get 
izzy@indvms.bitnet.  Sometimes, however, mail to such an address will 
bounce back to you, because Bitnet addresses do not always translate 
well into an Internet form.  If this happens, you can send mail 
through one of two Internet/Bitnet gateways. First, change the @ in 
the address to a %, so that you get username%site.bitnet.  Then add 
either @vm.marist.edu or @cunyvm.cuny.edu, so that, with the above 
example, you would get izzy%indyvms.bitnet@vm.marist.edu or 
izzy%indvyvms.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu 
      Bitnet users have it a little easier: They can usually send mail 
directly to your e-mail address without fooling around with it at all.  
So send them your address and they should be OK. 
 
 
CompuServe 
 
     CompuServe users have numerical addresses in this form: 
73727,545. To send mail to a CompuServe user, change the comma to a 
period and add "@compuserve.com"; for example: 
73727.545@compuserve.com. 
     Note that some CompuServe users must pay extra to receive mail from 
the Internet.
     If you know CompuServe users who want to send you mail, tell them 
to GO MAIL and create a mail message. In the address area, instead of 
typing in a CompuServe number, have them type your address in this 
form: 
 
               >INTERNET:YourID@YourAddress. 
 
     For example, >INTERNET:adamg@world.std.com.  Note that both the 
">" and the ":" are required. 
 
 
Delphi
 
     To send mail to a Delphi user, the form is username@delphi.com.
 
     
Fidonet 
 
    To send mail to people using a Fidonet BBS, you need the name 
they use to log onto that system and its "node number.''  Fidonet node 
numbers or addresses consist of three numbers, in this form: 
1:322/190.  The first number tells which of several broad geographic 
zones the BBS is in (1 represents the U.S. and Canada, 2 Europe and 
Israel, 3 Pacific Asia, 4 South America).  The second number 
represents the BBS's network, while the final number is the BBS's 
"FidoNode'' number in that network. If your correspondent only gives 
you two numbers (for example, 322/190), it means the system is in zone 
1.   
     Now comes the tricky part. You have to reverse the numbers and 
add to them the letters f, n and z (which stand for 
"FidoNode,''"network,'' and "zone'). For example, the address above 
would become 
 
               f190.n322.z1. 
 
     Now add "fidonet.org'' at the end, to get 
f190.n322.z1.fidonet.org. Then add "FirstName.LastName@', to get 
 
               FirstName.LastName@f190.n322.z1.fidonet.org
 
Note the period between the first and last names. Also, some countries 
now have their own Fidonet "backbone" systems, which might affect 
addressing.  For example, were the above address in Germany, you would 
end it with "fido.de" instead of "fidonet.org."
     Whew! 
     The reverse process is totally different. First, the person has 
to have access to his or her BBS's "net mail" area and know the 
Fidonet address of his or her local Fidonet/UUCP gateway (often their 
system operator will know it).  Your Fidonet correspondent should 
address a net-mail message to UUCP (not your name) in the "to:" field.  
In the node-number field, they should type in the node number of the 
Fidonet/UUCP gateway (if the gateway system is in the same regional 
network as their system, they need only type the last number, for 
example, 390 instead of 322/390).  Then, the first line of the message 
has to be your Internet address, followed by a blank line.  After 
that, the person can write the message and send it.  
     Because of the way Fidonet moves mail, it could take a day or two 
for a message to be delivered in either direction.  Also, because many 
Fidonet systems are run as hobbies, it is considered good form to ask 
the gateway sysop's permission if you intend to pass large amounts of 
mail back and forth. Messages of a commercial nature are strictly 
forbidden (even if it's something the other person asked for). Also, 
consider it very likely that somebody other than the recipient will 
read your messages. 
 
 
GEnie  
 
      To send mail to a GEnie user, add "@genie.com" to the end
of the GEnie user name, for example: walt@genie.com. 
 
MCIMail 
 
      To send mail to somebody with an MCIMail account, add 
"@mcimail.com to the end of their name or numerical address. For 
example: 
       
                555-1212@mcimail.com 
 
      or 
     
                jsmith@mcimail.com 
 
     Note that if there is more than one MCIMail subscriber with that 
name, you will get a mail message back from MCI giving you their names 
and numerical addresses. You'll then have to figure out which one you 
want and re-send the message. 
 
     From MCI, a user would type 
 
                Your Name (EMS) 
 
at the "To:" prompt.  At the EMS prompt, he or she would type 
 
                internet 
 
followed by your Net address at the "Mbx:" prompt. 
 
 
Peacenet 
 
     To send mail to a Peacenet user, use this form: 
 
                username@igc.org 
 
     Peacenet subscribers can use your regular address to send you 
mail. 
 
 
Prodigy 
 
     UserID@prodigy.com.  Note that Prodigy users must pay extra for 
Internet e-mail.


2.6  SEVEN UNIX COMMANDS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT:

 
     If you connect to the Net through a Unix system, eventually you'll 
have to come to terms with Unix.  For better or worse, most Unix systems do 
NOT shield you from their inner workings -- if you want to copy a Usenet 
posting to a file, for example, you'll have to use some Unix commands if 
you ever want to do anything with that file.
     Like MS-DOS, Unix is an operating system - it tells the computer how 
to do things.  Now while Unix may have a reputation as being even more 
complex than MS-DOS, in most cases, a few basic, and simple, commands 
should be all you'll ever need. 
     If your own computer uses MS-DOS or PC-DOS, the basic concepts will 
seem very familiar -- but watch out for the cd command, which works 
differently enough from the similarly named DOS command that it will drive 
you crazy.  Also, unlike MS-DOS, Unix is case sensitive -- if you type 
commands or directory names in the wrong case, you'll get an error message. 
     If you're used to working on a Mac, you'll have to remember that Unix 
stores files in "directories" rather than "folders."  Unix directories are 
organized like branches on a tree. At the bottom is the "root" directory, 
with sub-directories branching off that (and sub-directories in turn can 
have sub-directories). The Mac equivalent of a Unix sub-directory is a 
folder within another folder. 
 
cat           Equivalent to the MS-DOS "type" command.  To pause a file 
              every screen, type
 
                        cat file |more
 
              where "file" is the name of the file you want to see.  
              Hitting control-C will stop the display.  Alternately,
              you could type
                     
                        more file
              
              to achieve the same result. You can also use cat for 
              writing or uploading text files to your name or home 
              directory (similar to the MS-DOS "copy con" command).  If 
              you type
 
                        cat>test
 
              you start a file called "test."  You can either write 
              something simple (no editing once you've finished a line and
              you have to hit return at the end of each line) or upload
              something into that file using your communications software's
              ASCII protocol).  To close the file, hit control-D.
 
cd            The "change directory" command.  To change from your present 
              directory to another, type
 
                        cd directory
 
              and hit enter. Unlike MS-DOS, which uses a \ to denote sub-
              directories (for example: \stuff\text), Unix uses a / (for 
              example: /stuff/text).  So to change from your present 
              directory to the stuff/text sub-directory,  you would type 
                
                        cd stuff/text
 
              and then hit enter. As in MS-DOS, you do not need the first 
              backslash if the subdirectory comes off the directory you're 
              already in.  To move back up a directory tree, you would type
                
                        cd ..
 
              followed by enter. Note the space between the cd and the two 
              periods -- this is where MS-DOS users will really go nuts.
 
cp            Copies a file. The syntax is
 
                        cp file1 file2
 
              which would copy file1 to file2 (or overwrite file2 with 
              file1).
 
ls            This command, when followed by enter, tells you what's in the 
              directory, similar to the DOS dir command, except in 
              alphabetical order.
       
                        ls | more 
 
              will stop the listing every 24 lines -- handy if there are a 
              lot of things in the directory. The basic ls command does not 
              list "hidden" files, such as the .login file that controls 
              how your system interacts with Unix. To see these files, type 
 
                        ls -a      or    ls -a | more
 
              ls -l will tell you the size of each file in bytes and tell 
              you when each was created or modified. 
 
mv            Similar to the MS-DOS rename command.
 
                        mv file1 file2
 
              will rename file1 as file2, The command can 
              also be used to move files between directories.
 
                        mv file1 News
 
              would move file1 to your News directory.
 
rm            Deletes a file.  Type
 
                        rm filename
 
              and hit enter (but beware: when you hit enter, it's gone for
              good).
               
     WILDCARDS:  When searching for, copying or deleting files, you can 
use "wildcards" if you are not sure of the file's exact name. 
 
              ls man*
 
 
would find the following files:
 
              manual, manual.txt, man-o-man.
 
Use a question mark when you're sure about all but one or two characters.  
For example, 
 
              ls man?
 
would find a file called mane, but not one called manual.
 

2.7  WHEN THINGS GO WRONG                  
 

     * You send a message but get back an ominous looking message from 
MAILER-DAEMON containing up to several dozen lines of computerese 
followed by your message.  
     Somewhere in those lines you can often find a clue to what went 
wrong.  You might have made a mistake in spelling the e-mail address.  
The site to which you're sending mail might have been down for 
maintenance or a problem. You may have used the wrong "translation" for 
mail to a non-Internet network. 
     * You call up your host system's text editor to write a message or 
reply to one and can't seem to get out.  
     If it's emacs, try control-X, control-C (in other words, hit your 
control key and your X key at the same time, followed by control and C).  
If worse comes to worse, you can hang up. 
     * In elm, you accidentally hit the D key for a message you want to 
save.  
     Type the number of the message, hit enter and then U, which will 
"un-delete" the message.  This works only before you exit Elm; once you 
quit, the message is gone. 
     * You try to upload an ASCII message you've written on your own
computer into a message you're preparing in Elm or Pine and you get a
lot of left brackets, capital Ms, Ks and Ls and some funny-looking
characters.  
     Believe it or not, your message will actually wind up looking fine; 
all that garbage is temporary and reflects the problems some Unix text 
processors have with ASCII uploads.  But it will take much longer for 
your upload to finish.  One way to deal with this is to call up the 
simple mail program, which will not produce any weird characters when you 
upload a text file into a message.  Another way (which is better if your 
prepared message is a response to somebody's mail), is to create a text 
file on your host system with cat, for example, 
 
          cat>file
 
and then upload your text into that.  Then, in elm or pine, you can 
insert the message with a simple command (control-R in pine, for 
example); only this time you won't see all that extraneous stuff. 
     *  You haven't cleared out your Elm mailbox in awhile, and you 
accidentally hit "y" when you meant to hit "n" (or vice-versa) when 
exiting and now all your messages have disappeared.  Look in your News 
directory (at the command line, type: cd News) for a file called 
recieved.  Those are all your messages.  Unfortunately, there's no way to 
get them back into your Elm mailbox -- you'll have to download the file 
or read it online.






Chapter 3: USENET I
 
 


3.1  THE GLOBAL WATERING HOLE


     Imagine a conversation carried out over a period of hours and days, 
as if people were leaving messages and responses on a bulletin board.  Or 
imagine the electronic equivalent of a radio talk show where everybody 
can put their two cents in and no one is ever on hold. 
     Unlike e-mail, which is usually "one-to-one,"  Usenet is "many-to-
many." Usenet is the international meeting place, where people gather to 
meet their friends, discuss the day's events, keep up with computer 
trends or talk about whatever's on their mind.  Jumping into a Usenet 
discussion can be a liberating experience.  Nobody knows what you look or 
sound like, how old you are, what your background is.  You're judged 
solely on your words, your ability to make a point. 
     To many people, Usenet IS the Net. In fact, it is often confused 
with Internet.  But it is a totally separate system. All Internet sites 
CAN carry Usenet, but so do many non-Internet sites, from sophisticated 
Unix machines to old XT clones and Apple IIs. 
     Technically, Usenet messages are shipped around the world, from 
host system to host system, using one of several specific Net 
protocols.  Your host system stores all of its Usenet messages in one 
place, which everybody with an account on the system can access. That 
way, no matter how many people actually read a given message, each 
host system has to store only one copy of it. Many host systems "talk" 
with several others regularly in case one or another of their links goes 
down for some reason.  When two host systems connect, they basically 
compare notes on which Usenet messages they already have.  Any that one 
is missing the other then transmits, and vice-versa.  Because they are 
computers, they don't mind running through thousands, even millions, of 
these comparisons every day. 
     Yes, millions.  For Usenet is huge.  Every day, Usenet users 
pump upwards of 40 million characters a day into the system -- roughly 
the equivalent of volumes A-G of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Obviously, 
nobody could possibly keep up with this immense flow of messages.  Let's 
look at how to find conferences and discussions of interest to you. 
     The basic building block of Usenet is the newsgroup, which is a 
collection of messages with a related theme (on other networks, these 
would be called conferences, forums, bboards or special-interest 
groups).  There are now more than 5,000 of these newsgroups, in several 
diferent languages, covering everything from art to zoology, from 
science fiction to South Africa.
     Some public-access systems, typically the ones that work through 
menus, try to make it easier by dividing Usenet into several broad 
categories.  Choose one of those and you're given a list of newsgroups in 
that category.  Then select the newsgroup you're interested in and start 
reading. 
     Other systems let you compile your own "reading list" so that you 
only see messages in conferences you want.  In both cases, conferences 
are arranged in a particular hierarchy devised in the early 1980s.  
Newsgroup names start with one of a series of broad topic names.  For 
example, newsgroups beginning with "comp." are about particular computer-
related topics.  These broad topics are followed by a series of more 
focused topics (so that "comp.unix" groups are limited to discussion 
about Unix).  The main hierarchies are: 
 
             bionet          Research biology
             bit.listserv    Conferences originating as Bitnet mailing lists
             biz             Business
             comp            Computers and related subjects
             misc            Discussions that don't fit anywhere else
             news            News about Usenet itself
             rec             Hobbies, games and recreation
             sci             Science other than research biology
             soc             "Social" groups, often ethnically related
             talk            Politics and related topics
             alt             Controversial or unusual topics; not
                             carried by all sites
 
     In addition, many host systems carry newsgroups for a particular 
city, state or region.  For example, ne.housing is a newsgroup where 
New Englanders look for apartments.  A growing number also carry K12 
newsgroups, which are aimed at elementary and secondary teachers and 
students.  And a number of sites carry clari newsgroups, which is 
actually a commercial service consisting of wire-service stories and 
a unique online computer news service (more on this in chapter 10). 


3.2 NAVIGATING USENET WITH nn


     How do you dive right in?  As mentioned, on some systems, it's all 
done through menus -- you just keep choosing from a list of choices until 
you get to the newsgroup you want and then hit the "read" command.  On 
Unix systems, however, you will have to use a "newsreader" program.  Two 
of the more common ones are known as rn (for "read news") and nn (for "no 
news" -- because it's supposed to be simpler to use). 
     For beginners, nn may be the better choice because it works with
menus -- you get a list of articles in a given newsgroup and then you 
choose which ones you want to see.  To try it out, connect to your host 
system and, at the command line, type 
 
               nn news.announce.newusers
 
and hit enter.  After a few seconds, you should see something like 
this:
 
Newsgroup: news.announce.newusers                     Articles: 22 of 22/1 NEW 
                                                                               
a Gene Spafford   776  Answers to Frequently Asked Questions                   
b Gene Spafford   362  A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community       
c Gene Spafford   387  Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette     
d Gene Spafford   101  Hints on writing style for Usenet                       
e Gene Spafford    74  Introduction to news.announce                           
f Gene Spafford   367  USENET Software: History and Sources                    
g Gene Spafford   353  What is Usenet?                                         
h taylor          241  A Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing Lists          
i Gene Spafford   585  Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I               
j Gene Spafford   455  >Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part II             
k David C Lawrenc 151  How to Create a New Newsgroup                           
l Gene Spafford   106  How to Get Information about Networks                   
m Gene Spafford   888  List of Active Newsgroups                               
n Gene Spafford   504  List of Moderators                                      
o Gene Spafford  1051  Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part I               
p Gene Spafford  1123  Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part II              
q Gene Spafford  1193  >Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part III            
r Jonathan Kamens 644  How to become a USENET site                             
s Jonathan Kamen 1344  List of Periodic Informational Postings, Part I         
                                                                               
-- 15:52 -- SELECT -- help:? -----Top 85%-----                                 
Explanatory postings for new users. (Moderated)                                
 
     Obviously, this is a good newsgroup to begin your exploration of 
Usenet!  Here's what all this means:  The first letter on each line is 
the letter you type to read that particular "article" (it makes sense 
that a "newsgroup" would have "articles").  Next comes the name of the 
person who wrote that article, followed by its length, in lines, and 
what the article is about. At the bottom, you see the local time at your 
access site, what you're doing right now (i.e., SELECTing articles), 
which key to hit for some help (the ? key) and how many of the articles 
in the newsgroup you can see on this screen. The "(moderated)" means the 
newsgroup has a "moderator" who is the only one who can directly post 
messages to it.  This is generally limited to groups such as this, which 
contain articles of basic information, or for digests, which are 
basically online magazines (more on them in a bit). 
      Say you're particularly interested in what "Emily Postnews" has to 
say about proper etiquette on Usenet. Hit your c key (lower case!), and 
the line will light up.  If you want to read something else, hit the key 
that corresponds to it.  And if you want to see what's on the next page 
of articles, hit return or your space bar.
     But you're impatient to get going, and you want to read that 
article now.  The command for that in nn is a capital Z.  Hit it and 
you'll see something like this:
 
 
Gene Spafford: Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on NetiquetteSep 92 04:17 
Original-author: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)                           
Archive-name: emily-postnews/part1                                             
Last-change: 30 Nov 91 by brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
**NOTE: this is intended to be satirical.  If you do not recognize             
  it as such, consult a doctor or professional comedian.  The                  
  recommendations in this article should recognized for what                   
  they are -- admonitions about what NOT to do.                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
                        "Dear Emily Postnews"                                  
                                                                               
        Emily Postnews, foremost authority on proper net behaviour,            
        gives her advice on how to act on the net.                             
                                                                               
============================================================================   
                                                                               
Dear Miss Postnews: How long should my signature be? -- verbose@noisy          
                                                                               
A: Dear Verbose: Please try and make your signature as long as you             
-- 09:57 --.announce.newusers-- LAST --help:?--Top 4%--                        
 
     The first few lines are the message's header, similar to the header 
you get in e-mail messages.  Then comes the beginning of the message.  
The last line tells you the time again, the newsgroup name (or part of 
it, anyway), the position in your message stack that this message 
occupies, how to get help, and how much of the message is on screen.  If 
you want to keep reading this message, just hit your space bar (not your 
enter key!) for the next screen and so on until done. When done, you'll 
be returned to the newsgroup menu.  For now hit Q (upper case this time), 
which quits you out of nn and returns you to your host system's command 
line. 
     To get a look at another interesting newsgroup, type
 
                nn comp.risks
 
and hit enter.  This newsgroup is another moderated group, this time a 
digest of all the funny and frightening ways computers and the people 
who run and use them can go wrong.  Again, you read articles by 
selecting their letters.  If you're in the middle of an article and 
decide you want to go onto the next one, hit your n key.
     Now it's time to look for some newsgroups that might be of 
particular interest to you.  Unix host systems that have nn use a program 
called nngrep (ever get the feeling Unix was not entirely written in 
English?) that lets you scan newsgroups.  Exit nn and at your host 
system's command line, type 
 
                nngrep word
 
where word is the subject you're interested in.  If you use a Macintosh 
computer, you might try
 
                nngrep mac
 
     You'll get something that looks like this:
 
               alt.music.machines.of.loving.grace
               alt.religion.emacs
               comp.binaries.mac
               comp.emacs
               comp.lang.forth.mac
               comp.os.mach
               comp.sources.mac
               comp.sys.mac.announce
               comp.sys.mac.apps
               comp.sys.mac.comm
               comp.sys.mac.databases
               comp.sys.mac.digest
               comp.sys.mac.games
               comp.sys.mac.hardware
               comp.sys.mac.hypercard
               comp.sys.mac.misc
               comp.sys.mac.programmer
               comp.sys.mac.system
               comp.sys.mac.wanted
               gnu.emacs.announce
               gnu.emacs.bug
               gnu.emacs.gnews
               gnu.emacs.gnus
               gnu.emacs.help
               gnu.emacs.lisp.manual
               gnu.emacs.sources
               gnu.emacs.vm.bug
               gnu.emacs.vm.info
               gnu.emacs.vms
 
     Note that some of these obviously have something to do with 
Macintoshes while some obviously do not; nngrep is not a perfect system.  
If you want to get a list of ALL the newsgroups available on your host 
system, type 
 
                nngrep -a |more
 
or
                nngrep -a |pg
 
and hit enter (which one to use depends on the Unix used on your host 
system; if one doesn't do anything, try the other). You don't 
absolutely need the |more or |pg, but if you don't include it, the list 
will keep scrolling, rather than pausing every 24 lines.  If you are in 
nn, hitting a capital Y will bring up a similar list. 
     Typing "nn newsgroup" for every newsgroup can get awfully tiring 
after awhile.  When you use nn, your host system looks in a file called 
.newsrc.  This is basically a list of every newsgroup on the host system 
along with notations on which groups and articles you have read (all 
maintained by the computer).  You can also use this file to create a 
"reading list" that brings up each newsgroup to which you want to 
"subscribe."  To try it out, type 
 
                nn
 
without any newsgroup name, and hit enter.  
     Unfortunately, you will start out with a .newsrc file that has you 
"subscribed" to every single newsgroup on your host system!  To delete 
a newsgroup from your reading list, type a capital U while its menu is 
on the screen.  The computer will ask you if you're sure you want to 
"unsubscribe."  If you then hit a Y, you'll be unsubscribed and put in 
the next group. 
     With many host systems carrying thousands of newsgroups, this will 
take you forever.  
     Fortunately, there are a couple of easier ways to do this.  Both 
involve calling up your .newsrc file in a word or text processor.  In a 
.newsrc file, each newsgroup takes up one line, consisting of the 
group's name, an exclamation point or a colon and a range of numbers.  
Newsgroups with a colon are ones to which you are subscribed; those 
followed by an exclamation point are "un-subscribed."  To start with a 
clean slate, then, you have to change all those colons to exclamation 
points. 
     If you know how to use emacs or vi, call up the .newsrc file (you 
might want to make a copy of .newsrc first, just in case), and use the 
search-and-replace function to make the change.
    If you're not comfortable with these text processor, you can 
download the .newsrc file, make the changes on your own computer and 
then upload the revised file.  Before you download the file, however, 
you should do a couple of things.  One is to type
 
                cp .newsrc temprc
 
and hit enter.  You will actually download this temprc file (note the 
name does not start with a period -- some computers, such as those using 
MS-DOS, do not allow file names starting with periods).  After you 
download the file, open it in your favorite word processor and use its 
search-and-replace function to change the excla
