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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Those who do not have time for exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness". -Edward Stanley
The Earl of Derby
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MRP Fun Quiz: take a smaller ball (baseball, tennis ball, golf
ball, etc.) and hold it directly above (just touching) a basketball.
Drop the two balls from shoulder height, making sure that when the
basketball hits the ground, the smaller ball is still centered just
above the basketball. Theoretically (assuming all collisions are
elastic, no air resistance or internal friction, etc.), how high will
the smaller ball rise after it is projected back into the air by the
basketball? Of course, your experimental results won't quite achieve
this theoretical value, but you will likely be surprised, anyway.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
STUDY WARNS SHORTAGE OF TECH-SAVVY WORKERS LOOMS
A report by the Information Technology Association of America warns
that one out of every 10 jobs requiring information technology skills
is going unfilled due to a shortage of qualified workers. The
association surveyed 2,000 large and mid-sized companies and found at
least 190,000 unfilled information technology jobs. The report cited
a decline in college graduates with degrees in mathematics or
computer science. "It's like running out of iron ore in the middle of
the Industrial Revolution," says the association's president. A VP
for Cap-Gemini America, a U.S. consulting company, predicts that if
the trend continues, U.S. companies will opt to send more of their
work overseas where they can find eligible job candidates. For a copy
of "Help Wanted: The IT Workforce Gap," check out
http://www.itaa.org.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM: Edupage, 20 March 1997 MULTIMEDIA WILL BE LIFE SKILL FOR
21ST CENTURY
In a new college textbook, Fred T. Hofstetter of the University of
Delaware says "the ability to use multimedia will emerge as a life
skill in the twenty-first century. Citizens who do not know how to
use multimedia will become disenfranchised. Cut off from the
Information Superhighway, they will end up watching life go by
instead of living it fully." (Multimedia Literacy, McGraw-Hill, 1997)
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HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM: CAMPUS WATCH * 25-March-1997 NOTEBOOK COMPUTER PROGRAM
APPROVED FOR CLAYTON, FLOYD
Regents of the University System of Georgia just approved an
Information Technology Project through which Clayton College &
State University and the two-year Floyd College will begin a joint
prototype program this fall to supply all students with notebook
computers. More than 8,000 students will be involved in the Universal
Personal Information Technology Access (UPITA) project. It includes
unlimited, remote Internet access, e-mail, walk-up and telephone user
assistance, and a campus "smart" card. Designated as auxiliary
enterprises, the programs will cost students an additional $200 per
quarter and are expected to be self sustaining within four years.
Contact: Jim Davis, CCSU director of institutional research &
planning,
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HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM: Edupage, 27 March 1997 SEVENTH-GRADERS TO GET LAPTOPS FOR
"TOTAL IMMERSION"
The Kent, Connecticut, school district has bought every one of its 36
seventh graders a $1,855 laptop computer, purchased through a program
set up by Toshiba and Microsoft. A school administrator says: "It's
like learning French in France rather than in Connecticut. It's total
immersion as opposed to dabbling." Students will store their
computers in locked cabinets during lunch and other periods when the
systems are not being used. (New York Times 26 Mar 97) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM: NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 9 Apr 1997 to 10 Apr 1997 - Special
issue
Subject: TeleOlympics97 Announcement
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THE ACADEMY 1997 TELEOLYMPICS MAY 8-15, 1997 |
"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, the important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these precepts is to build up a stronger and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity."
- - De Coubertin
The Organization For Community Networks (OFCN) will be hosting the
Academy One 1997 TeleOlympics on May 8-15, 1997. It is open to
school-age children worldwide (ages 6-18) with the ability to send
and receive electronic mail over the Internet. The TeleOlympics is a
project where students go out into their schoolyards on the same day
and "compete" in events involving running, jumping, and throwing.
Results are then sent electronically to The Academy. Special rules
have been established for wheelchair students. Information regarding
each school will be exchanged using a listserv called acad-olympics.
This listserv will be available as of April 8, 1997. In addition each
message will be posted to OFCN's website. Details are included
below.
DETAILS ON THE TELEOLYMPICS
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Group Classifications:
* Class A = ages 15-18
* Class B = ages 12-14
* Class C = ages 9-11
* Class D = ages 6-8
List of Events:
* 50 m run
* tennis ball throw
* long jump (choose either standing or running for your school)
* 400 m run (for all ages)
* 800 m run (for Class A and B)
* 1600 m run (for Class A and B)
Educational Activities:
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Opening and Closing Activities - E-mail exchange. On the Opening Day, each participating school should send a letter to all of the other participating schools, wishing them good luck via the listserv. On the Closing Day, letters of congratulations should be sent to all other participating schools. These letters can include additional information and questions as desired, and potentially lead to establishing permanent keypal relationships with these other schools. |
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In the time prior to the TeleOlympics, schools are encouraged to post reports on the progress of training of their athletes, weather conditions, or other information of interest. Possibilities include stories of the Ancient Olympics, word searches in any language with the subject being the Olympics, or interviews and stories of athletes from their community who have participated in the Olympics. Individual athletes are also invited to share their training programs and results. |
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Participating schools may also begin to contact each other and exchange private e-mail as the registrations are posted. Regular updates of who is involved will be mailed to those participants who have only e-mail contact with Academy One. The listserv is another way to keep in touch but keep in mind that the amount of traffic could get quite large. |
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If you send pictures of your athletes during the
competition they will be posted to the website. You can mail
your pictures to: |
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The top three winners in each of the events and in each of the boys and girls age classifications can have their names, school identifications, national flags and a short biographical sketch posted. Teachers will be responsible for supplying the biographical sketches of all winners. It is advised that these biographies be one of the educational activities that each student prepares in case they are a winner. They can also be used to exchange with students in other countries. |
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"The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets."
---Proverbs 21:20
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INTERNET TOOLS AND SITES
FROM: David McCrindle
davidmcc=AT=gov.b.ca
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Tuesday April 15 5:58 PM EDT Federal Agency Launches Health Web Site
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Most people know that when shopping for a new
car, home, or just about anything -- 'caveat emptor' -- let the buyer
beware. But how about shopping for health news on the Internet? All
too often, legitimate medical news and advice sit on the information
superhighway, cheek-by-jowl with the electronic equivalent of a guy
trying to sell you a piece of the Brooklyn Bridge. And telling the
difference is not always simple -- even for health professionals. But
help is on the way. The federal government launched a new Web site on
Tuesday, called healthfinder (www.healthfinder.gov), which should
make it easier to find dependable medical information. "With
healthfinder, we're helping people get reliable health information
--faster and easier -- over the Internet," said Donna Shalala,
secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. "We're
covering a wide range of information, and we're providing information
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INTERNET TOOLS AND SITES
FROM: Edupage, 23 March 1997 EXPERIENCING EVEREST THROUGH THE
INTERNET
Students at an estimated 500 high schools from across North America
will experience real-time interaction with climbers as they leave the
base camp for their assault on Mount Everest in mid-April. An
expedition Web site has been set up at
www.vrsystems.com/everest/.
(Calgary Herald 19 Mar 97)
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TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 13 March 1997 INTERNET USAGE HAS DOUBLED
A study by CommerceNet and Nielsen Media Research concludes that
Internet use has more than doubled in the last 18 months, from 10% to
23% of all persons in the U.S. and Canada over age 16. A Nielsen
executive says: "Not that long ago, the people using the Web tended
to be a rather homogeneous group -- young, upscale and rather well
educated. The big gains that we're seeing now are coming from outside
that group." (Washington Post 13 Mar 97) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 6 April 1997 DIGITAL TV TO RULE THE WAVES BY
2006
The Federal Communications Commission voted to let every TV station
in the country use a second channel for broadcasting digital versions
of the programming now being distributed in analog format to
conventional TV sets. By 2006, all broadcasts will be transmitted in
digital form only, and all of the 240 million TV sets now in use in
the U.S. will be obsolete at that time. Digital television sets --
which are expected to go on sale late next year --will offer
extremely sharp, high-definition pictures on a new wide-screen
monitor along with six-channel digital audio systems. For some period
of time, the new digital programming will be available only via
broadcast TV, and not by cable or satellite television. (New York
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TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 6 April 1997 PCs' BIG THREE ENTER DIGITAL-TV
FRAY
Computer powerhouses Microsoft, Intel and Compaq Computer are still
trying to persuade television broadcasters to adopt their technical
standards for digital TV, which would emphasize Internet-based
information services and interactivity, as well as high-definition
picture quality. PC makers are hoping that their intervention will
enable the large-screen personal computer to migrate from the den to
the living room, eventually replacing the television set as the
primary family entertainment device. "Any notion that consumer
electronics are not going to get smart is fallacious," says
Microsoft's senior VP of consumer products. "We are trying to stretch
out a hand to the consumer-electronics and broadcast industries and
say, 'We can help you with this transition.'" Computer makers favor a
"progressive-scan" monitor technology, while consumer electronics
companies have traditionally used an "interlaced" approach. PC makers
anticipate the cost of building digital-TV technology into a personal
computer to be around $100 to $150. "More people are gong to watch
digital TV on the PC because it's going to be built into the
architecture," says Compaq's senior VP for technology and corporate
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TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 17 April 1997 SPEED ISN'T EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES
TO CD-ROMs
CD-ROM drives are getting faster, but industry analysts say consumers
should beware of marketing hype: "The speed race that is going on
between the CD-ROM drive vendors is more for the benefit of the PC
makers," says a Disk/Trend Inc. researcher. "They need some way of
differentiating their product... Beyond (8x), from a user point of
view, there is almost imperceptible improvement." With an 8x drive
transferring data about 1,200 kilobytes per second, most experts say
that's plenty, even for video playback. "In the home or SOHO (small
office-home office) environment, there is very little to be gained by
moving to leading-edge CD-ROM drives," says an analyst with Freeman
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TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 23 March 1997 VDOLIVE TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS
TV-QUALITY VIDEOSTREAMING
VDOnet says its new VDOLive technology is capable of producing
TV-quality video on Web sites, delivering video streaming at 30
frames a second. The new version, due out during the second quarter,
incorporates an improved compression technology that permits PC users
to access video from the same file for any data download rate.
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TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
Subject: AD: Software and serial interface for contact switch
Mime-Version: 1.0 Company:
FiTRONiC
Znievska 15
851 06 BRATISLAVA
SLOVAKIA
fax: 00 421 7 5332 475 Product:
Software and serial interface to be used for the estimation of
selected biomechanical parameters while jumping on the contact switch
mattress. Software (IBM compatible) and interface, together with the
contact mattress (your own or supplied) estimates contact and flight
times during rebound jumps. It also calculates and on-line displays
additional parameters as height of the jump, mean acceleration and
power in active phase of take off, velocity in final moment of take
off etc. Software and serial interface for contact switch mattress.
Easy to operate menu driven software includes test setup (start at
the touch down or take off, test termination by time or number of
jump, selection of 5 on-line graphs), data management, extensive test
report module ("jump by jump" or interval evaluation in graphical or
digital form, selection of specified No of best jump, integrated age
and sex related norms with automatic indication of percentile
ranking) and many other features. Cost:
199 USD + 12 USD postage and handling Used:
by athletes, coaches, scientists and physiotherapist
for the assessment of
- explosive power of lower extremities
- strength endurance of lower extremities
- utilization of elastic energy
- distribution of fast twich fibers
- optimal drop jump height for plyometric training
- effect of training, etc. Endorsement:
used by Sports Sciences Institutes and Departments at Universities in
Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Bratislava, Warsaw, Calgary, Prag,
Pilsen Research evidence:
Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. (1983) 50:273-282 (principles). Sports
Training. Med. and Rehab., 1990, Vol.1, pp. 317-325 (reliability
study). Principles description:
Estimation of contact and flight times during rebound jumps by means
of the special contact mattress interfaced to computer with
calculation of height of the jump, mean acceleration during active
phase of take off, mean power in active phase of take off, velocity
in the final moment of take off and mean power during entire jump
cycle. Contact for more information:
e-mail:
oto.gazovic=AT=fsport.uniba.sk
fax: +421 7 5332 475
Demo version may be downloaded as "jumpdemo.zip" from
ftp.ims.hu/upload/jumpdemo
(After unpacking run "jumper.exe" following instructions in
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