From: SMTP%"LISTSERV@BINGVMB.cc.binghamton.edu" 2-MAR-1996 08:58:23.61 To: CIRJA02 CC: Subj: File: "INDEX-L LOG9602A" Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 08:37:07 +0000 From: BITNET list server at BINGVMB (1.8a) Subject: File: "INDEX-L LOG9602A" To: CIRJA02@GSVMS1.CC.GASOU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 10:10:15 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Carol Roberts Subject: WI indexers' meeting ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Wisconsin indexers are pleased to invite members of the Wisconsin chapter of Society for Technical Communication to our next meeting, where we will address freelancers' tax issues. Our speaker will be Paul Lundsten, a CPA from Brookfield, so bring your tax questions. Hope to see you there! Date and time: Sat., March 2, 11:00 a.m.P2:00 p.m. Place: Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Education Bldg., fourth floor, room 441, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, Wi. Brown-bag lunch: The Medical College's cafeteria will be closed, so plan to bring a lunch or order pizza. If you need more information, please call Carol Roberts at (414) 964-5271. Approximate schedule: 11:00P11:30 a.m. indexers' chapter business 11:30P12:15 p.m. lunch 12:15P1:15 p.m. speaker 1:15P2:00 p.m. networking Please RSVP by 2/26 if you plan to attend. Call Carol Roberts at (414) 964-5271 or send e-mail to carol.roberts@mixcom.com. Carol Roberts, indexer and copy editor | Life is good. Carol.Roberts@mixcom.com | Milwaukee, WI | ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 10:10:29 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Pam Rider Subject: backup software ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Kat's experience gives me the willies! It also makes me a believer in the advice about having a good backup strategy. Perhaps others can detail their process. I have a ZIP drive and use the MS-tools backup: doing a midday and end-of-work-day (night?) differential. I keep 2 differential on the last of 3 ZIP 100M disks used for the full backup. When the last disk gets too full to hold 2 differentials, I do a full backup. I am delighted with the ZIP drive, but wonder if others can suggest dedicated backup software for use with the ZIP drive. Considering that my building is 85 years old, I'm in the market for a UPS and used portable or laptop. Pam Rider Trying to walk cheerfully on the Earth prider@powergrid.electriciti.com prider@tsktsk.com http://www.electriciti.com:80/~prider/ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:33:17 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: PilarW@aol.com Subject: Re: Al Franken/silly index ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Susan, Thanks for posting those remembered entries. --I hope we didn't offend anybody! Perhaps someone will get a chance to see the real thing and post some. I guess I was hoping there'd be something of intellectual interest and amusement, not just "rush-bashing". oh well. I'll keep my eyes (and ears) open, Pilar ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:33:25 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Larry Harrison Subject: Re: Working without a net ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Kevin wrote: >On the other hand.....now that basic used 286 and 386 machines can be had >for a few hundred dollars tops, and used 286/386 portables for under $ >500-600, the next emergency I would probably just use the situation to >justify buying a used portable, which I've been wanting for awhile anyway! Yes, I agree, BUT -- the day when the indexing software most of us know and love (Macrex and CINDEX) requires more than a 286 is coming. It might even require Windows. Maybe even Windows 95. Food for thought. Larry Harrison (larryh@millcomm.com) 507/280-0049 Freelance book indexing Rochester, Minnesota ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:33:39 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Carolyn Weaver Subject: Re: Sample index In-Reply-To: <9602010735.AA15852@carson.u.washington.edu> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- If I'm creating a sample based on the client's material, (e.g., an original index done in the course of preparing a bid) I simply send a printout from Cindex. If the client wants to see samples of my previous work, I either send a photocopy from a published index (if available) or a 2-column, single spaced formatted printout from an index I've done which is relevant for the client's field. Or if the client is amenable, I simply provide the author/title reference for books/journals I've indexed and let him/her get the item(s) from a local library. Depends on what the client wants to see. Of course, samples are provided from published works ONLY if the editor didn't make unacceptable changes in what I submitted! Carolyn Weaver Bellevue, Wa. e-mail: cweaver@u.washington.edu voice: 206/930-4348 On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Philip W. Jones wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Hello all, > > A quick question from someone just starting out. When you're sending > a sample index to a publisher, what format should be used? Should > you format it as if you were submitting an actual index or should > you typeset it the way it would appear in the back of a book? > > Thanks, > > Heather > /----------------------------------------------------------------------\ > | Phil, Heather, Doug and Ivy Jones hpjones@rt66.com | > | Los Alamos, New Mexico http://mack.rt66.com/hpjones/hpjones.html | > \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:33:49 ECT Reply-To: becohen@prairienet.org Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Barbara E. Cohen" Subject: Re: Alphabetizing complications ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Seth: Did you look at the new NISO standard for alphanumeric and symbol sorts? I looked at it rather closely last fall when I was teaching indexing (when it first came out--it's being revised and voted on now, I guess), and I can't say as I cared for some of the decisions the NISO committee made. I will look at your guide too, because we really could use a consistent standard! Anyway, I was wondering if you sent a copy of your guide to NISO by way of commenting on their guide. Barbara -- Barbara E. Cohen Indexing & Editorial Services Champaign, IL ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:34:00 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Kevin Mulrooney Subject: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Pam Rider asked about UPS....... Pam I bought an APC UPS system last year and I'm tickled pink with it. My situation was even worse than yours. In our neighborhood for about 8 months of 1995 there were ongoing brief power outages and brownouts. We even ended up being a "monitor" house which entailed having a recording device hooked up to our meter to determine if the outages had any pattern. For months I was miraculously lucky, coming in from errands and finding the tell-tale "power loss incident" report from my fax machine, but never having an outage during actual work. Finally, realizing that fate should'nt be tempted _too_ much, I decided I needed a UPS system pronto. Fortunately several of my computer-stud buddies told me the purchase of an UPS is a no-brainer from 2 respects 1) You *****must***** have one 2) There is only one UPS to consider: the APC Powercell. I like things simple so I took their advice. It comes in several models: Personal, Professional, and Network. I got the Personal model at Staples for $ 100. There is no difference in peak load capabilities, i.e., suppression abilities. The difference is in the size of the capacitive energy storage. The Network model is designed for situations in which a number of machines on a network would all lose power simultaneously, thus drawing more power. As soon as I got it, I was amazed at the number of brownouts it was protecting me from. On bad days it would literally be going beep, beep-beep, beep-beep-beep, beep, beep-beep, in just about the same time frame as it takes for these words to roll off your tongue! A brownout or spike will produce a single beep or several, while an actual outage produces a beep every 5 seconds to remind you that you have limited operating time; about 15 minutes or so. It has saved me now on at least a dozen occasions from actual outages. Around the end of the year the problem went away, but the security still feels great. Hope this helps Kevin Mulrooney ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dyslexics of the world untie! First State Indexing (302) 738-2558 276 East Main Street Indexer@inetcom.net Newark, Delaware 19711 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:34:17 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: JClendenen@aol.com Subject: Re: Sample index ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I just put it in single column, single space format, as it would go to my client (although I have one client who likes double-spaced). I wouldn't double space for a sample, though; could get into too many pages. I used samples of a volunteer indexing project and one I did on a book that didn't have one. From the time I contacted 10 publishers in Aug of 94, I was put on "the active list" of two, one of which called me in June 95 in a time panic and asked me to do a first index for them. I delivered good quality, on time, and they've been using me ever since. So, it can take a while to get results, and I wouldn't blanket the world with resumes, but get yourself out their, stay with ASI for networking (I got a referral in Aug 95, so now I have two clients, plus an occasional from a university press), and you will eventually be rewarded. Times in publishing being slow, I just contacted seven publishers, renwing my aquaintance with three I had used before, and trying four new ones. Two were vague and snobby (ugh), but one seemed friendly and said I could send my stuff. Good luck! Joanne ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:34:35 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Charles Anderson Subject: Re: backups and laptops In-Reply-To: <9602010735.AB25247@rs6a.wln.com> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- One problem I encountered when trying to use CINDEX on a laptop was the functionality of the keypad - particularly the Grey+ and Grey- keys that CINDEX uses to invert entries on a full-size keyboard. There are ways to get around this, but it's certainly not as convenient as a full-size. Haven't looked at MACREX for years, so I don't know whether there are special uses of keys that might conflict with a laptop keyboard layout/scan codes. Charles Anderson ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:34:45 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Macrex@aol.com Subject: Re: working without a net ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I just thought that while all this discussion about power outages destroying work is bringing to mind the need for Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), there are many other disasters which can bring a computer to its knees. I had a call today from someone who never realized that incompletely exiting Windows before turning off the computer (or rebooting) could be deadly. (If you get a GPF or are unable to properly exit Windows, you should clean up your TEMP directory and run SCANDISK _before_ running Windows again.) She had several hundred *.TMP files in the her temporary directory (type SET at any DOS prompt to see which is your temporary directory) created over the past several months and which had never been taken care of. By the time I heard about the problem, she had cross-linked clusters and files with incorectly reported sizes. Several files were damaged -- to the point where she needed to re-install Windows in order to get her system working. Had she been on deadline at the time of her call to me, it would have been impossible for her to get the index printed and ready for delivery on schedule. Also, there is always the chance that a hard disk will fail (especially on an older computer) or the monitor will blow it's picture tube or .... I am sure that all of you have heard the many versions of Murphy's Law -- the one which I quote the most frequently is "The only time you will ever need a backup is when you don't have one." This applies to data, programs, UPS, and all essential hardware. I can't imagine working with only one computer! Incidentally, having a second computer that sits in the corner and is never turned on is not a reliable backup. Keep it set up and use it at least weekly or you may find it is a dead as the regular system just when you need it most. Gale Rhoades Director Macrex Sales & Support Office ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:34:55 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: bonnie.hawkwood@mosby.com Subject: Full-time indexer job opening ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Indexing - Editorial Specialist - MedOne New online medical publishing operation seeks an indexer to convert book indexing to electronic format. Responsible for expanding indexing system to support continuously updated text. Qualifications: Bachelors degree or equivalent. Two years experience as indexer using MeSH required. Familiarity with online publishing or electronic information retrieval preferred. Relocation to St. Louis required. Send resume to: Bonnie Hawkwood, Director of Editorial Operations, MedOne, 11830 Westline Industrial Drive, St. Louis MO 63146 Phone: 314-453-4601 Fax: 314-523-4969 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:35:07 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Alice G. Klingener" Subject: Re: Working without a net In-Reply-To: <199601291608.LAA03226@conrad.oit.umass.edu> from <"BWURF@delphi.com"@Jan> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Another, lower cost, option for backup, if one can't afford a laptop or other second computer is an external tape drive. For less than $500, on a PC platform system, my external unit can handle 600 MB (compressed) in QIC-30 tape. It piggy-backs on the parallel port with the printer cable. Weekly full backups and daily incremental backups of projects, or various combinations of the software on your hardware, are very simple and efficient. Beg, borrow, steal, or rent a temporary computer, connect the tape drive to it and you are back in business. Of course, work out the steps ahead of time so you are not figuring it out while in full panic mode. > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I am wondering how many indexers have a backup computer system to > use for emergency use. ---snip-- > Barbara Wurf > Indexpert Services > BWURF@delphi.com > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:35:22 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: BWURF@delphi.com Subject: Working without a net ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I very much appreciate the responses I got when I requested feedback on having a second computer as a backup system. From the answers I got, I concluded that what would make the most sense would be to get a laptop computer. For me, that would have to be a Macintosh PowerBook (laptop) running CINDEX under DOS-emulation with SoftPC software. Now I have a very specific question about the possibility of doing this. CINDEX uses the Page Up key constantly in inputting the index. A Mac laptop does not have a Page Up key, since it does not have an extended keyboard, A technician at Apple told me that I would have to use an auxiliary keyboard with the laptop. That seems to defeat the purpose of having a laptop, for me. I would like to know if anyone has used a Mac PowerBook laptop computer with DOS emulation to run CINDEX, and if so, how do you Page Up with it. Is there a key combination that does this? You may answer me personally rather than on index-l since this question is not general enough to be of use to many people (or maybe I am mistaken). Thanks again to everyone who responded--I found your experiences very helpful in my decision to get another computer. Now--if only it can be a laptop... Barbara Wurf Indexpert Services BWURF@delphi.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:37:52 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Wildefire@aol.com Subject: Re: Working without a net ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Until I bought my second computer, I used to work with a bit of fear despite having a tape drive for backups and an UPS. Knowing that Kinko's, where I could rent a computer, was only a mile away was only a small measure of comfort. I also back up indexes to floppy every so often while working. Now both computers have all of my indexing and word processing software, along with tape drives, etc. However, I cannot stress enough the importance of putting your system on an UPS. Sure, they protect against the occasional power failure and allow you to exit gracefully from your applications, but more importantly, they swallow all of those brownouts and spikes we have daily. Not only do spikes and brownouts have the potential of corrupting your data if your hard disk happens to be writing at the time, but they also greatly shorten the life of your computer's power supply. Every voltage sag (brownout, where the lights go dim) is followed by a fast risetime, gigunda spike. Replacing computer power supplies is not my idea of how to spend an afternoon. (I've done it.) In the three years I've had my UPS, we've had only two or three power failures, but daily we have at least a couple of spikes and brownouts serious enough to cause the UPS to respond--it lets you know by beeping. No matter where you live, the power coming from your outlets is not at all clean. At minimum, if you can't afford an UPS, get a spike suppressor strip with a UL 1449 rating. They're so cheap I have four of them in just my office--even the lamps are plugged into them. I also recommend getting a spike suppressor for your modem line. If lightning strikes a telephone line outside, a humongous amount of energy can be coupled into your computer and smoke more than just your fax/modem board. (I'd say ask anyone who's been electrocuted talking on the telephone during a storm, but they'd probably give you an incoherent reply if any at all.) We're talking millions of volts here, in case anyone is curious. So, don't just buy any old power strip and connect it between your UPS and computer. Get one with a phone line spike suppressor. I use an APC strip (same company that builds the UPS) and it not only protects your phone line, suppresses power line spikes, but even lets you know if you have a ground fault. (Yeah, with two modems and the telephone connected into it too, I have a real mess of duplex jacks, cords, etc. in my office, but with all of the power strips, extension cords, etc. no one would even notice that particular gnarl.) BTW, would you believe that we just had a big sag-spike while I was in the middle of writing this?!!!!! ;-D Lynn Moncrief TECHindex & Docs ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:38:08 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Jonathan Jermey Subject: Re: backup software ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- At 10:10 1/02/96 ECT, Pam Rider wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > >I am delighted with the ZIP drive, but wonder if others can suggest >dedicated backup software for use with the ZIP drive. > When I bought a Colorado tape drive eighteen months ago, the software provided was for a global backup only: to do selective backups I would have had to buy extra software - a bit cheeky of Colorado, I thought. But when I installed Windows 95 its backup utility recognised the tape drive and will happily do the selective backups that Colorado's software won't. Win 95 Plus pack comes with a System Agent that can be set to run background processes (e.g. backups) at set times. Maybe Win 95 will recognise the Zip drive too. Jonathan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Jermey & Glenda Browne (Blue Mountains Desktop Pty Ltd. - ACN 071 232 016) Blaxland NSW Australia jonathan@magna.com.au http://www.magna.com.au/~jonathan Australian Wildlife in the Cheese Shop: "We had some, but the cat's eaten it." ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 17:48:41 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Markinch@aol.com Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi Kevin: I used a utility company supplied unit several years ago. In fact I used 2 different brands, neither offered any protection! And the utility company had no answers. The one thing I discovered with these units that some were very noisy, like an old hard drive whirring away 24 h a day. Is your UPS "quiet"? Thanks for the info. Doug Thompson ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 17:49:09 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Nan Badgett <76400.3351@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Sample index ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I would be inclined to send an index manuscript so the publisher can see what they will actually get from you. When someone requests a sample, I usually ask if they want to see a published index, or the index manuscript. Often, the publisher requests the manuscript, and sometimes they request both so they can see what an editor has done with your work. Nan Badgett Word-a-bil-i-ty ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 17:49:32 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Pam Rider Subject: APC, UPS ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- APC (American Power Conversion) has a WWW site: http://www.apcc.com/ For those without web access, I will be happy to email the introduction page on electrical security. Pam Rider Trying to walk cheerfully on the Earth prider@powergrid.electriciti.com prider@tsktsk.com http://www.electriciti.com:80/~prider/ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 17:49:56 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: REvans4@aol.com Subject: Re: Sample index ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In a message dated 96-02-05 10:43:16 EST, you write: >samples are provided from >published works ONLY if the editor didn't make unacceptable changes in >what I submitted! How do you determine that without an exhaustive review? I have one client that routinely makes changes right up until the book goes to the printer. I have seen many of my indexes published with page references off by a page or two, so before I used one for a sample I would have to review it carefully. Dick Evans ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 17:50:08 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: REvans4@aol.com Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I have the APC Powercell Professional model and the only complaint I have is that you cannot turn off the warning beeper. Every time there is the slightest fluctuation in line voltage, the thing beeps. It beeps when a print job starts. It beeps every 30 seconds while the copier is turned on. Other models have a switch that lets you turn the $%^&* thing off. I'm considering a field modification with a pair of wire cutters. BTW, the thing performed admirably during numerous power outages in Raleigh the last few days. Dick Evans ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 17:50:20 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Larry Harrison Subject: CINDEX on a PowerBook ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > From Barbara Wurf: >.....For me, that would have to be a Macintosh PowerBook >(laptop) running CINDEX under DOS-emulation with SoftPC software. >Now I have a very specific question about the possibility of doing this. >CINDEX uses the Page Up key constantly in inputting the index. A Mac >laptop does not have a Page Up key, since it does not have an extended >keyboard, A technician at Apple told me that I would have to use an >auxiliary keyboard with the laptop. That seems to defeat the purpose >of having a laptop, for me. I would like to know if anyone has used >a Mac PowerBook laptop computer with DOS emulation to run CINDEX, >and if so, how do you Page Up with it. Is there a key combination >that does this? I have SoftPC Universal 3.0, but I believe the newer versions include similar options. There is a section in the SoftPC manual which gives PC/AT keyboard equivalents for all the Macintosh keyboards. These are not serious issues if you don't mind learning a different set of keys. The keyboard equivalents are, for example: Page UP = 'Command'-U ('Command' means hold the special Apple/curly command key down) Page DOWN = 'Command'-D F1 - F10 = 'Command'-1 thru 'Command'-0 F11 = 'Command'-minus etc. So, as often happens, the Apple technician may know the PowerBook, but didn't know anything about the software in question. The bigger issue for SoftPC would be memory, but it wouldn't take any more than it uses on a desktop Mac (as long as the System levels are the same) so you could get the right configuration from the beginning. Regards, Larry Harrison (larryh@millcomm.com) 507/280-0049 Freelance book indexing Rochester, Minnesota ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:52:46 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Sonsie Conroy Subject: Re: Soviet Union No More In-Reply-To: <199602052305.PAA23454@biggulp.callamer.com> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I've got a question for any of you who may have had to deal with this problem recently. I'm indexing an economics book that involves fairly extended discussion of not only the "old" Soviet Union but the new states that have come out of it. So far (very early on), I'm indexing under individual country names and also have an entry for "Soviet Union." I just =know= that sooner or later, I'm going to have to deal with Soviet Georgia, which is now something else, and then I'll need to figure out how to cross-reference the old name, the new name, and squeeze in a "See also" for the USSR as well. Anybody figured out a simple and CLEAR way to handle these country names? =Sonsie= ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:53:03 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Dan Freidus Subject: Re: Working without a net In-Reply-To: <199602051604.LAA02689@biology.lsa.umich.edu> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- On Mon, 5 Feb 1996 BWURF@delphi.com wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > A Mac > laptop does not have a Page Up key, since it does not have an extended > keyboard, A technician at Apple told me that I would have to use an > auxiliary keyboard with the laptop. That seems to defeat the purpose > of having a laptop, for me. There are applicaitons, such as softKeys, for the Mac that allow you to define macros for keystroke. You should be able to program in a combo to work as "page up". If running softPc I guess you'd need a DOS version. I'm not sure what does that for a DOS machine. Dan Freidus Science editor (i.e. indexer) Dissertation Abstracts University Microfilms 800-521-0600 x4172 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:53:18 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Kevin Mulrooney Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Doug Thompson asked about any noise made by my UPS, an APC Personal PowerCell. It makes no noise whatsoever except for (sometimes numerous) beeps warning me of voltage sags, spikes, etc. And Dick, be thankful for those beeps cause they're saving your tail! I view the single biggest day-in-day-out advantage of these units is their evening out of the power supply, and that just has to be a "good thing". Seriously though the beeps got so bad at one point that I too thought of toning down the alarm; it's quite annoying, yeah piercing just about sums it up. But I rarely hear one these days now that the power company cleaned up it's act, in our neighborhood at least. One of the things a Staples salesman told me was that the power companies have had this little secret for years that 110 V is actually "some reasonable approximation to 110 V". When it comes down to supplying some big unusual voltage need for a DuPont site, guess who wins? And the loser gets a brownout or sag in the bargain. Dick, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if your region of North Carolina has a mixture of a rural power setup with major industrial demand spikes from the Research Triangle area that could be causing the infernal beeping. With more and more people using UPS systems in their home-based businesses, eventually the power companies will be forced to clean up their power, or more likely we're gonna have to live with a certain amount of junky power delivery, making UPS systems even more critical. APC's number [I can't remember if Pam's post had that in addition to their home page] ****1-800-4APC**** Kevin Mulrooney ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dyslexics of the world untie! First State Indexing (302) 738-2558 276 East Main Street Indexer@inetcom.net Newark, Delaware 19711 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:53:34 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Carolyn Weaver Subject: Re: Sample index In-Reply-To: <9602060906.AA07429@carson.u.washington.edu> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Essentially, the only time I send a copy from a published work as a sample is if I have personally seen and reviewed it (i.e., the publisher sent me a copy or I tracked it down in a library) and am satisfied that it is a good representation of my work. OTOH, any time one sends out a resume with a list of the indexes prepared, the prospective client is getting all the info he/she needs to locate it; so if it's a real hatchet job in the published version (which has not happened to me thus far, tho I have occasionally winced) the title would need to be eliminated from the resume as well. Carolyn Weaver Bellevue, Wa. e-mail: cweaver@u.washington.edu voice: 206/930-4348 On Mon, 5 Feb 1996 REvans4@aol.com wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > In a message dated 96-02-05 10:43:16 EST, you write: > > >samples are provided from > >published works ONLY if the editor didn't make unacceptable changes in > >what I submitted! > > How do you determine that without an exhaustive review? I have one client > that routinely makes changes right up until the book goes to the printer. I > have seen many of my indexes published with page references off by a page or > two, so before I used one for a sample I would have to review it carefully. > > Dick Evans > ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:54:32 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Macrex@aol.com Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In a message dated 96-02-06 04:05:21 EST, Dick Evans wrote: > Every time there is the slightest fluctuation in line voltage, the [UPS] beeps. It beeps when a >print job starts Just in case anyone was considering putting their printer on the same UPS as the computer, I cite Dick's comment to point out that it is NOT recommended. Printers, and especially laser printers, draw a lot of power and can, all by themselves, cause a minor brownout on a circuit. If you want to protect the printer from brownouts, get it a separate UPS and don't expect the UPS to supply sufficient power to complete a print job in the event of an outage. While I can not do so in my office (the wiring is over 40 years old), I tell clients building new or doing extensive remodelling to install a separate circuit for the printer so that the draw does not affect the computers. Incidentally, I would expect most copiers to have a similar effect/problem. APC makes several models of their UPSs -- some have a switch or software setting which allows you to turn off the beep. And while I personally prefer APC, there are other companies which get good ratings in most reviews. Gale Rhoades Director Macrex Sales & Support Office ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:54:53 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Macrex@aol.com Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In a message dated 96-02-06 04:24:33 EST, Doug Thompson wrote: >I used a utility company supplied unit several years ago. In fact I >used 2 different brands, neither offered any protection! And the utility >company had no answers. The one thing I discovered with these units that some >were very noisy, like an old hard drive whirring away 24 h a day. Is your UPS >"quiet"? Doug does not define "several" years sufficiently for me to know for sure but I've been using UPSs for at least 20 years -- in my distant past, I had several stores and we had a UPS for at least one cash register in each store. Since I became involved with compturers, I've been amazed at the changes. But those changes were in regard to battery capacity and lowered costs. None of the UPSs I've owned over the year ever made a noise (other than the warning beep) and all protected the equipment as expected. I am careful to test each at least twice a year (daylights savings is a good reminder) so that dimished battery life is caught before it is a problem. Also, I am careful to select the appropriate va (volt amps) rating for the equipment which will be using the UPS. The 250va to 280va UPS will support most desktop computers for five to seven minutes during an outage. 600va should give the same system 20 to 30 minutes. I have a formula for calculating the va rating based on the watts used. If anyone would like it, please drop me a private e-mail. Gale Rhoades Director Macrex Sales & Support Office ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:55:11 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Rebecca Green Subject: ISKO '96/Knowledge Organization and Change ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This message is being cross-posted to several lists. Please excuse any duplication. Feel free to re-post. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "Knowledge Organization and Change" July 15-19, 1996--Washington, DC, USA Co-sponsored by the Library of Congress Conference activities will take place in the James Madison Memorial Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, except where otherwise indicated. The registration/information desk will be staffed 8:30am-3:30pm, Monday-Wednesday; on Monday it will be located outside the Digital Library Visitors' Center (ground floor, Madison Building), and on Tuesday and Wednesday, outside the Mumford Room (6th floor, Madison Building). Exhibits will be open 8:30am- 3:30pm, Tuesday-Thursday. Monday, July 15 Tools of Knowledge Organization: Discussions and demonstrations of online classification systems (Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal) and other digital initiatives and products. Indicate session preference on registration form. (9:00am- 4:00pm) Dewey 120th Anniversary Address, Fran Miksa, and Reception (5:00- 8:00pm) Conference sessions will be held Tuesday-Thursday, 8:45am-5:00pm, in the Mumford Room. Morning and afternoon breaks occur between sessions 1 and 2 and sessions 4 and 5. A lunch break separates sessions 2 and 3. Tuesday, July 16 Session A1a: Opening . Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Sarah Thomas, Ingetraut Dahlberg . Keynote Address, Roland Hjerppe Session A1b: Library of Congress Classification . Bringing the Library of Congress Classification into the Computer Age: Converting LCC to Machine-readable Form, Rebecca S. Guenther . Library of Congress Classification: Classification for a Library or Classification of Knowledge?, Jolande Goldberg Session A2: Management of Change in Knowledge Organization Schemes . Change as a Problem of Classification System Development, Eduard R. Sukiasyan . Emerging New Roles for Future Libraries: Knowledge Integration, Erol Inelmen . New Wine in Old Bottles: Problems of Maintaining Classification Schemes, Ia C. McIlwaine Session A3: Knowledge Organization in Cross-Cultural and Cross- Linguistic Settings . Towards A Unified Medical Language in a Diverse Cultural Environment, Marcia Lei Zeng . Concept-based vs. Word-based Measures of Medical Information Transfer via English-Chinese and Chinese-English Translations of Medical Titles, Shaoyi He . Terminology Organization and Change, Faina Citkina Session A4: The Role of Relationships in Knowledge Organization . Standardization of Inter-Concept Links and Their Usage, Pat Molholt . Development of a Relational Thesaurus, Rebecca Green . Analysis of Explicit Non-Hierarchical Associative Relationships Among Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): Anatomical Terminology, Carol Bean Session A5: Knowledge Organization in the Online Environment, I . Online Classification: Implications for Classifying and Document [-like Object] Retrieval, Diane Vizine-Goetz . Classification to the Rescue: Handling the Problems of Too Many and Too Few Retrievals, Karen M. Drabenstott . Visual Dewey: DDC in a Hypertextual Browser for the Library User, Pauline A. Cochrane and Eric Johnson Software demonstrations (5:00-6:00pm) Lecture, Douglas Bennett, and Banquet, held at the Supreme Court of the United States (7:00-9:00pm) Wednesday, July 17 Session B1: Knowledge Organization in the Online Environment, II . Hypertext and Indexing Languages: Common Perspectives and Challenges, Javier Garcia Marco . A Library-Organized Virtual Science and Technology Reference Collection, Gerry McKiernan . Ontology-based Information Capturing from the Internet, Michiaki Iwazume, Hideaki Takeda, and Toyoaki Nishida Session B2a: Impact of Technology on Bibliographic Elements . The Impact of Cultural and Technological Changes on Titles Content and Their Use in the Process of Information Retrieval, Snunith Shoham and Moshe Yitzhaki . Description in the Electronic Environment, Rebecca Green Session B2b: Knowledge Organization in the Economic Environment . The World Bank's Information Management Architecture: A Blue Print for Building the World Bank's Institutional Information Services, Harold C. Steyer, Jr., Ana Flavia Fonseca, Diane D. Hopkins, Marc Nodell, Irene L. Travis, and William S. Wahl . Business Productivity and Organization of Knowledge: A Look at the Emerging Requirements, Philip C. Murray Session B3: User Focus in Knowledge Organization . Empowering Users for Improved Database Access and Analysis through the Application of Knowledge Structure Views, Progressive Refinement Techniques and a Design Approach Driven by Usability, A. Steven Pollitt, Patrick Braekevelt, Geoffrey P. Ellis, Janet E. Finlay, Martin P. Smith, Mark Treglown, and Steven J. Wade . User Education Librarians: Teaching for Every Level, Michelle M. Foss . Selection of Search terms as a Meeting Place of Different Discourses, Mirja Iivonen Session B4: Thesauri and Metathesauri, I . Preparing Terminological Definitions for Indexing and Retrieval Thesauri: A Methodology, Mich le Hudon . Building a Multilingual Thesaurus Based on UDC, Victoria Francu . Deriving a Thesaurus from a Restructured UDC, Nancy Williamson Session B5: Knowledge Organization and Images . Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Classification and Graphic Symbol Systems, Elin Jacob and Debora Shaw . The University of Michigan Art Image Browser Project, C. Olivia Frost . The Applicability of Selected Classification Systems to Image Attributes, Corinne Jorgensen ISKO Business Meeting (5:15-6:00pm) Thursday, July 18 Session C1: Interplay of Epistemology and Knowledge Organization . Dewey Thinks Therefore He Is: The Epistemic Stance of Melvil Dewey as Manifested in the Dewey Decimal Classification Past and Present, Hope A. Olson . Ontology and Knowledge Organization, Roberto Poli . L'Apparition du Computer: Epistemology and the Impact of Networked Computers on Society, Thomas D. Walker . Critical Notes on the Use of Knowledge in Knowledge Management, J.F. Schreinemakers and J.P.J.M. Essers Session C2: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Organization . An Exploratory Study into Requirements for an Interdisciplinary Metathesaurus, Lynne C. Howarth . Evolution of a Concept System. Some Reflections and Study Cases, Giliola Negrini and Giovanni Adamo . An Inductive Approach towards Integration of General Information Systems for Agriculture. The Case of CERETHES, with Particular Examples, Massimo Ragucci . Controlled Vocabulary and Classification Scheme for HIV/AIDS: An Evolving Nosological Record of a Diseased Body of Knowledge, Jeffrey T. Huber and Mary L. Gillaspy Session C3: Natural Language Processing . PROMETHEUS: An Automatic Indexing System, A.R.D. Prasad . Intelligent Support for Construction and Exploration of Advanced Technological Information Space from Technical Papers in Metallurgy, Toshiyuki Matsuo and Toyoaki Nishida . Evaluation of Terminological Database Building Tools Using Linguistic Knowledge, Widad Mustafa-Elhadi and Christophe Jouis Session C4: Thesauri and Metathesauri, II . A Generalized Model for Thesaurus-aided Searching, Ron Davies . Library Catalogs in the Internet: Switching for Future Subject Access, Ingetraut Dahlberg . SemWeb: Proposal for an Open, Multifunctional, Multilingual, Integrated Knowledge Base of Concepts and Terminology : Exploration and Development of the Concept, Dagobert Soergel Session C5: Dewey Decimal Classification . The Dewey Decimal Classification at 120: Edition 21 and Beyond, Joan S. Mitchell . Revising Life Sciences in Dewey Edition 21, Gregory R. New . Dewey for Windows, Julianne Beall Concluding Remarks, Robert Fugmann (5:00-5:30pm) Reception, German Embassy (6:30-8:30pm) Friday, July 1 Post-Conference Excursions: National Library of Medicine or National Agricultural Library (morning); indicate preference on registration form. Conference chair: Sarah Thomas, Director of Cataloging, Collections Services, Library of Congress, LM 642 (COLL/O), Washington, DC 20540, USA; phone: +1 202 707-5333; fax: +1 202 707-6269; email: stho@loc.gov. Program chair: Rebecca Green, College of Library and Information Services, Hornbake Bldg. (So. Wing), Rm. 4105, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA; phone: +1 301 405-2050; fax: +1 301 314-9145; email: rgreen@umd5.umd.edu. Local arrangements chair: Jolande Goldberg, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress, LM 556 (COLL/CPSO), Washington, DC 20540, USA; phone: +1 202 707-4386; fax: +1 202 707-6629; email: goldberg@mail.loc.gov. Program committee (*regional chairs): *Hanne Albrechtsen, James D. Anderson, Kenneth Bakewell, Clare Beghtol, *Pauline A. Cochrane, *Ingetraut Dahlberg, Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Raya Fidel, Robert Fugmann, Alan Gilchrist, M. A. Gopinath, Roland Hjerppe, Hemalata Iyer, Krishan Kumar, Tamiko Matsumura, A. Neelameghan, Giliola Negrini, Bluma C. Peritz, Dagobert Soergel, and Nancy J. Williamson. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION REGISTRATION FEE US $250 (members) or $US 300 (non-members) per participant. Mail OR fax your registration form by MAY 2, 1996. After May 2, 1996, the registration fee is: US $300 (members) or US $350 (non- members). The fee covers printed conference proceedings and attendance at all sessions, excursions, breaks, receptions, and banquet. PAYMENT Make all checks payable in US Dollars to: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ALA/LIBRARY SERVICES GIFT FUND. Agency invoices and credit cards are not accepted. REFUNDS After May 2, 1996, only 50% of the registration fee is refundable. No refunds after July 2, 1996. Please complete one registration form per participant and mail with payment to: ISKO REGISTRATION OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR FOR CATALOGING LM 642 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20540-4300 CONTACT: THEODORE MORGAN Phone: + 202 707 6230 Telefax: + 202 707 6269 Email: tmor@loc.gov HOTEL RESERVATIONS Conference hotels (in most convenient locations to the conference site) where participants may register at a special rate, are: 1. Capitol Hill Suites 200 C Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 USA Phone: + 202 543 6000; + 800 424 9165 Telefax: + 202 547 2608 Single/double occupancy: $114.00/$129.00 per room. Reservations must be made by close of business, June 3, 1996. 2. Holiday Inn 550 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 USA Phone: + 202 479 4000; + 800 469 4329 Telefax: + 202 479 4353 Single/double/triple/quadruple occupancy: $110.00 per room. Reservations must be made by close of business, June 16, 1996. Special rates are offered from Saturday, July 13, 1996 to Saturday, July 20, 1996. All rates are subject to a 13% sales tax and $1.50 per night occupancy tax. In order to get the special rate, you must identify yourself as a participant of the ISKO Conference, sponsored by the Library of Congress. Participants will be responsible for payment of room, tax, and incidental charges. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ISKO CONFERENCE 1996 REGISTRATION Name: (Last First Initial) Institution: Position: Address: City: State: Zip: Country: FAX: Email: AMOUNT SUBMITTED: ISKO Member US$250 ___ Non-Member US$300 ___ DIGITAL LIBRARY VISITORS' CENTER: DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS, July 15, 1996 (indicate 1st and 2nd choices) ___ 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM ___ 10:45 AM - 12:30 PM ___ 12:30 PM - 2:15 PM ___ 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS (choice of one) ___ National Library of Medicine ___ National Agricultural Library LIBRARY TOUR, July 15, 1996 ___ 10:45 AM ___ 2:15 PM LIST EVENING FUNCTIONS YOU WILL ATTEND: ___ Reception, July 15, 1996 ___ Banquet, July 16, 1996 ___ Embassy reception, July 18, 1996 SPECIAL NEEDS: ___ Check here if you have a disability which may require auxiliary aids and services. Services requested: ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 16:01:54 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Charlotte Skuster Subject: Message from VTW.ORG (fwd) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- FROM: "Shabbir J. Safdar", INTERNET:shabbir@VTW.ORG Subject: ALERT: 48 Hours of Protest: turn your WWW pages black (2/4/96) JOIN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER INTERNET USERS IN * 48 HOURS OF PROTEST * AFTER PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS THE BILL THAT WILL CENSOR THE INTERNET Update: -Latest News: Congress passed the net censorship language on 2/1/96. -What You Can Do Now: Help demonstrate the extent of the impact of the Internet Censorship legislation. Join Hundreds of thousands of Internet Users in an International protest for 48 hours after Clinton Signs the bill. CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT Feb 3, 1996 (expires Feb 29, 1996) PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT This alert and coalition coordinated by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw@vtw.org) ________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS The Latest News What You Can Do Now Chronology of the CDA For More Information List Of Participating Organizations ________________________________________________________________________ THE LATEST NEWS Last week Congress approved sweeping restrictions on online speech and conduct, imposing fines of $250,000 and jail sentences of 2 years for anyone who makes "indecent" material available in a public forum online. This legislation threatens the very existence of the Internet as a viable means of free expression, education, and political discourse. Despite loud objections from civil liberties groups and the public, the measure is part of a massive telecommunications bill that President Clinton has already pledged to sign. Although you should feel free to continue to express your objections directly to the President, there are other ways to express our outrage for this legislation. The President is expected to sign this bill into law during the week of Feb 5-9, 1996. For 48 hours after Clinton signs the Telecommunications Reform bill into law, join hundreds of thousands of Internet users everywhere to show the far reaching impact this bill will have on all Internet users. TURN YOUR WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES BLACK with white lettering to demonstrate that the Internet will not accept this kind of second class treatment from the United States Government. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW 1. For 48 hours after Clinton signs the net censorship language in the Telecomm bill into law, TURN YOUR WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES BLACK with white lettering. To know when the bill is signed, check these sources: Newsgroups: alt.society.civil-disob Email:vtw-announce@vtw.org (watch for mail on this list) WWW:http://www.vtw.org/ Finger:vtw@panix.com You can also just watch CNN; they'll announce the signing of the bill. To turn your pages black with white lettering, simply add the following tag to your World Wide Web pages: Put this right after your tags, and before any tags. To explain to people who may be confused by the color change, temporarily add the following link to your page: My World Wide Web Pages are black for 48 hours to protest second-class treatment from the US Government for free speech. Read about it at this WWW page. The Center for Democracy and Technology has also agreed to mirror a similar page at URL:http://www.cdt.org/speech.html If your pages get lots of hits from services that cache their pages like America Online, you may wish to start turning your pages black early. Please try and wait though until Clinton signs the bill, for maximum effect. Also, urge your Internet Provider and any Internet WWW pages you frequent to turn their pages black. Send us interesting sites that comply to vtw@vtw.org. $ Mail vtw@vtw.org Subject: ZTV.COM is turning their pages black! I'm the head of the ZTV Website and I've decided to turn our pages black. Thought you'd like to know. ^D Mail sent! 2. Don't forget to send Clinton a message, contact him at: Email:president@whitehouse.gov Telephone:202-456-1111 Fax:202-456-2461 Sample communique: You're about to sign a bill into law that imposes a terrible set of speech restrictions on the Internet that belong in the broadcast medium, not the interactive one. I'm turning my World Wide Web pages BLACK for 48 hours after you sign the bill as a symbol of protest to show how many people will be affected by this bill. It is unlikely that he will veto the bill. 3. Make a commitment become involved! There will be several court cases coming up to challenge the Internet censorship legislation, as well as an election that will put every single member of the House, and 1/3rd of the Senate (most of whom voted for this legislation) onto the ballot. Don't let them get away with this. Make this a campaign issue, and keep an eye out for legal defense funds for those challenging these laws in court. ________________________________________________________________________ CHRONOLOGY OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT Feb 1, '96 The House and Senate pass the Telecomm Bill (S652/HR1555) 414-16 and 91-5. Jan 31, '96 The House and Senate prepare to signoff on the conference report for the Telecomm bill and rush a vote to the floor. Dec 7, '95 The House half of the Telecomm conference committee votes the "indecency" standard for online speech into the Telecomm Deregulation bill. Sep 26, '95 Sen. Russ Feingold urges committee members to drop Managers Amendment and the CDA from the Telecommunications Deregulation bill Aug 4, '95 House passes HR1555 which goes into conference with S652. Aug 4, '95 House votes to attach Managers Amendment (which contains new criminal penalties for speech online) to Telecommunications Reform bill (HR1555). Aug 4, '95 House votes 421-4 to attach HR1978 to Telecommunications Reform bill (HR1555). Jun 30, '95 Cox and Wyden introduce the "Internet Freedom and Family Empowerment Act" (HR 1978) as an alternative to the CDA. Jun 21, '95 Several prominent House members publicly announce their opposition to the CDA, including Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Rep. Chris Cox (R-CA), and Rep. Ron Wyden (D-OR). Jun 14, '95 The Senate passes the CDA as attached to the Telecomm reform bill (S 652) by a vote of 84-16. The Leahy bill (S 714) is not passed, but is supported by 16 Senators who understand the Internet. May 24, '95 The House Telecomm Reform bill (HR 1555) leaves committee in the House with the Leahy alternative attached to it, thanks to Rep. Ron Klink of (D-PA). The Communications Decency Act is not attached to it. Apr 7, '95 Sen. Leahy (D-VT) introduces S.714, an alternative to the Exon/Gorton bill, which commissions the Dept. of Justice to study the problem to see if additional legislation (such as the CDA) is necessary. Mar 23, '95 S314 amended and attached to the telecommunications reform bill by Sen. Gorton (R-WA). Language provides some provider protection, but continues to infringe upon email privacy and free speech. Feb 21, '95 HR1004 referred to the House Commerce and Judiciary committees Feb 21, '95 HR1004 introduced by Rep. Johnson (D-SD) Feb 1, '95 S314 referred to the Senate Commerce committee Feb 1, '95 S314 introduced by Sen. Exon (D-NE) and Gorton (R-WA). ________________________________________________________________________ FOR MORE INFORMATION Web Sites (roughly in alphabetical order) URL:http://www.vtw.org/ URL:http://www.cdt.org/cda.html URL:http://www.cpsr.org/ URL:http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/ URL:http://epic.org/ Email: cda-info@cdt.org (General CDA information) cda-stat@cdt.org (Current status of the CDA) ________________________________________________________________________ LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES In order to use the net more effectively, several organizations have joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the Communications Decency Act. Because the list is so long, we've been forced to omit many fine organizations. See the VTW Free Speech Web Page at URL:http://www.vtw.org/speech/ for the whole list. Public Interest Organizations Businesses Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) | ECHO (www.echonyc.com) | Hotwired (www.hotwired.com) Center For Democracy And Technology (CDT) | Mindvox (www.phantom.com) Center for Public Representation (CPR) | Panix (www.panix.com) Computer Professionals for | The WELL (www.well.com) Social Responsibility (CPSR) | Wired (www.wired.com) Cyber-Rights Campaign +------------------------- Electronic Fronter Foundation (EFF), and independent regional Electronic Frontier organizations Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Feminists for Free Expression Hands! Off The Net Internet Users Consortium (IUC) Joint Artists' and Music The Libertarian Party (LP) Promotions Political Action National Campaign for Freedom of Expression Committee (JAMPAC) National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) National Gay and Lesbian National Writers Union (NWU) Task Force (NGLTF) People for the American Way (PFAW) Republican Liberty Caucus ________________________________________________________________________ End Alert ======================================================================= This list is managed by Majordomo 1.92 on the AES Consulting Internet Server. For questions contact owner-writers@aescon.com Distribution: To: INTERNET:WRITERS@AESCON.COM Distribution: To: [76620,456] ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:56:34 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Lawrenc846@aol.com Subject: Re: Soviet Union No More ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >I'm indexing an economics book that involves fairly extended >discussion of not only the "old" Soviet Union but the new >states that have come out of it. ... Anybody figured out a >simple and CLEAR way to handle these country names? Here is one idea on this subject. Refer to all the republics under the old regime as Georgia Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), Ukraine SSR, etc. and use Georgia, Republic of etc. for the republics under the new regime. ************************************************* Lawrence H. Feldman Post Office Box 2493 Wheaton Maryland 20915-2493 301-933-2616 301-942-5902 FAX Lawrenc846@aol.com Indexer - Researcher - Writer ************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:57:07 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Kevin Mulrooney Subject: Re: Soviet Union No More ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Sonsie wrote: >Anybody figured out a simple and CLEAR way to handle these [former Soviet Union] country names? > Sonsie, I've come up against this before as I do the occasional geography book. I use the term "former Soviet Union" with the _former_ hidden so it sorts at Soviet Union. I use this term to refer to the old USSR, with a see from USSR, and the term "Russia" to refer to the (former) Russian Republic. "Russian Federation" would refer to the new "Russian Union" if you will. Any former Republics and/or cities, i.e., Yekaterinberg (former Leningrad or Stalingrad; where are all those books I've indexed when I need one!) that have changed names get see references or double posts as warranted. Kevin Mulrooney ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dyslexics of the world untie! First State Indexing (302) 738-2558 276 East Main Street Indexer@inetcom.net Newark, Delaware 19711 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:57:40 ECT Reply-To: jsampson@cix.compulink.co.uk Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: John Sampson Subject: Noisy alarms ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Perhaps there is a way to 'put a sock in it' as per wind-up gramophones, i.e. an acoustic solution. _John Sampson_ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:57:59 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: MaryMort@aol.com Subject: Re: Soviet Union No More ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Sonsie, I've written two indexes where this question came up. The way I handled it was to include main entries for the new countries and subentries referring to the Soviet period. For example: Belarus currency land reform privatization trade since 1991 trade in Soviet era I didn't bother to include the old SSR name, reasoning that the reader would look first under the current name. I also had a number of subentries (budgets, foreign trade, etc.) under Soviet Union. The focus of both books was on the current situation; therefore I didn't usually qualify subentries with 'Russian' under main entries, but would specify 'Soviet'. Example: Agriculture collective farms private problems reforms Soviet policies subsidies I'll be interested in what others have done. Mary -- * Mary Mortensen * marymort@aol.com * 318 Main St. # 20 * 201-514-1710 * Madison, NJ 07940 * USA ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:58:35 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: REvans4@aol.com Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In a message dated 96-02-06 16:05:02 EST, you write: > And Dick, be thankful for >those beeps cause they're saving your tail! Why are the beeps saving my tail? The surge protection saves my tail; the beeps are just annoying. As I said, other models have a switch to turn the beeps off. Dick ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:58:54 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: REvans4@aol.com Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In a message dated 96-02-06 16:06:27 EST, you write: >Just in case anyone was considering putting their printer on the same UPS as >the computer, I cite Dick's comment to point out that it is NOT recommended. My printer is not on the UPS, only my CPU and monitor. The copier and printer are on the same branch circuit and apparently cause some fluctuation on that line that upsets the UPS. Dick ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:59:54 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: francine cronshaw Subject: Re: Soviet Union No More In-Reply-To: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Sonsie, Lots of the Soviet successor states are using different names, or historically significant (pre-Soviet era) names, as you note. I recently prepared an index for two of those: Belarus and Moldova (in a single volume, so it was a "split" index and kind of a beastly thing). It is for the Library of Congress country area studies series. The Library of Congress Federal Research Division (sorry, don't have any e-mail address) should be able to orient you on the up to date names of the new republics. Francine Cronshaw East Mountain Editing Services ASI chapter contact for New Mexico PO Box 1895 Tijeras, NM 87059 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 10:00:54 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Isawriter@aol.com Subject: Re: UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- While this thread is going, I have a related question. I have a Kensington 300 VA Power Backer that I bought in 1989. I bought it at a time when the local power company was trimming trees around the power lines and service was being interrupted several times a day, usually at 19 minutes into a 20 minute software download. The UPS was totally reliable until I quit using it about a year ago because I felt like I couldn't rely on a battery that old. I have kept it plugged in, because without that the battery goes altogether. Has anyone ever tried replacing a battery in on of those things and if so can you offer advice? By the way, the only noise it ever made was when there was a power break. There was a fairly shrill beep that subsided after a while. Craig Brown ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 10:04:45 ECT Reply-To: jspool@uie.com Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Jared M. 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This list is GREAT! After having plowed through another three chapters of this book, though, it seems I have a =statistical analysis= on my hands, not an =economic history=. So I am now dealing with indexing formulae, variables, etc. I almost wish I were still dealing with the USSR problem! And, after having had the worst electric storm I can remember in over 20 years of living here, I'm DEFINITELY reading the UPS thread with great interest. =Sonsie= ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 16:53:21 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Elinor Lindheimer Subject: Re: Soviet Union No More ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There's a new reference source called the MAXIMOV COMPANION TO WHO GOVERNS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION -- check it out at /www.maximov.com/, which also has links to other information, all current. The Maximov guide is in Russian and English. Elinor Lindheimer elinorl@mcn.org