PASSAIC, N.J. -- Keshawn is four years old and he can do a dance called the Butterfly, but only when he wants to. Like everyone else in the visitor's reception area at the Passaic County Jail, the deputy is thoroughly charmed by 4-year-old Keshawn, whose father is behind bars.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- And a busy week it's been, too. We've been open now for 12 days, and I thought it would be good to give you some idea of what's been happening around here lately, and what's in the works. As of this evening, we've served over 1.4Gb and our home page has been accessed over 17500 times.
By Donald Burns
The Newshare Syndicate
SEOUL, South Korea -- All I saw were a handful of
soldiers, some barbed
wire and a few sawhorse blockades. Last Sunday I went looking for the
"crisis" on the Korean Peninsula, the one I keep hearing about on the TV
news.
By Frank Forencich
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED 03-30-95
Paper or plastic? Gas or electric? Bus, train or plane? Drive 100 miles for recycled wood for my garden or buy the clear-cut local stuff? Arghhh! Not another eco-dilemma. I'm just trying to make it through the day.
By Rob Wood
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED: 03-30-95
EDITOR'S NOTE -- Jon Priluck (jamcorp@world.std.com) once wrote of
starting a business: "A bureaucracy is a static monster, it moves slowly
and does not take action unless prodded. Don't poke the beast to see if
it is awake; you have nothing to gain and everything to lose."
Robert Wood was so struck by these words when he read them on
FREELANCE@newshare.com that after 20 years he finally found words to
describe his experience "poking the beast" of bureaucracy when he tried
to turn himself in for a draft-card violation. A three-part essay from
the Newshare Syndicate.
By Shelly
Roberts
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED 03-31-95
In mid-March, syndicated columnist Shelly Roberts covered a conference of evangelical Christians -- without revealing in advance her status as a gay/lesbian journalist. The "Reclaiming America For Christ" event was sponsored by the Reverend D. James Kennedy and the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. This opinion piece is the result of her "undercover" reporting.
By Donald Burns
The Newshare Syndicate
SEOUL, South Korea -- A communications consultant and writer for
Samsung Electronics describes how he lost 12 pounds eating Korean food.
By Timothy K. Maloy
The Newshare Syndicate
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- If you find yourself washed ashore in the
watertown of Annapolis search out the Third Millennium--a shop that is
part business, part art, and part movie set. (Tim Maloy is editor of The
Internet Newsroom, a print newsletter for journalists).
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- It is springtime in the New Orleans French Quarter. At Jackson Square the break dancers draw large, appreciative crowds, as do the fire-eaters, mimes, and jugglers. Portrait painters, artists and tarot card readers line the park's iron gates. And then there are the mules, hitched to the traditional surreys.
By Sandra Katzman
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED: 04-11-95
During the summer of 1994, a joint project of NASA and Carnegie Mellon sent Dante the Robot into an Alaskan volcano. The successful mission demonstrated that a robot could decide where to move, and then move to that location.
By Sandra Katzman
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED: 04-11-95
A non-profit group put the city of Palo Alto on line. It helped an East Palo Alto community group on line. It has initiatives for health, schools, and telecommuting.
By Sandra Katzman
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED: 04-11-95
A Chicago-based business operating in the Midwest and in California allows computerized walking the aisles, price comparison, and ordering. Its shoppers choose the items and deliver to the subscribing customer.
By Sandra Katzman
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED: 04-11-95
Children's media expert at Stanford helped define violence in computer games. The voluntary registration of games guides parents.
By Sandra Katzman
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED: 04-11-95
George Gershwin, piano rolls to compact disk-- Early 20th century technology evolves to digital renditions of an American composer.
By Sandra Katzman
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED: 04-11-95
At a recent communication convention, Diane Penkoff of Purdue University and I presented a paper about doodling on computers. We found that not many of the people who talk on computers doodle, but those who do tend to be women. Story gives illustrations of doodling techniques.
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED 04-11-95
A three-year anthropology study finds California weapons-lab workers are concerned about implications of their work and worried about the future of their jobs in a changing world.
The Newshare Syndicate
POSTED 05-10-95
To offer a new service at Stanford University and local clinics, three
nurse-midwives have joined the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology. Research is planned to find out why midwifery--now
licensed in every state in America-- is effective.