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President Proposes Digital Library for Education (CyberTimes)
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CREATORS OF ANTI-ABORTION WEB SITE TOLD TO PAY MILLIONS
Issue: Free Speech
A federal jury has ruled that Planned Parenthood and a group of doctors
should receive more than $107 million from 14 militant anti-abortion
activist. The defendants are creators of web site that lists the names, home
addresses, and license-plate numbers of abortion providers. Names of the
doctor's spouses and children are also provided on the site. The plaintiffs
successfully argued that the Web material amounted to deadly threats.
"Whether these threats are posted on trees or on the Internet, their intent
and impact is the same: to threaten the lives of doctors who courageously
serve women seeking to exercise their right to choose abortion," said Gloria
Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Defense
lawyers say that the court's ruling poses a disturbing threat to the freedom
of speech.
[SOURCE: New York Times (A11), AUTHOR: Sam Howe Verhovek]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/biztech/articles/03abortion.html
PRESIDENT PROPOSES DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR EDUCATION
Issue: EdTech
President Clinton's $1.77 trillion budget proposal includes an item to help
in the creation of a "digital library for education," The $30 million dollar
proposal is intended to bring a wealth of federal historical and cultural
material online. Part of the funding would go towards the development of the
Internet as an educational tool through the creation of higher quality
content. The project would include the creation on an online library of
literary and non-fiction works in the public domain. Funds would also go to
the National Park service and the Smithsonian Institution to put portions of
their collections on the World Wide Web. Items to go online might include
objects such as George Washington's sword, Dizzy Gillespie's horn, and
letters between the founding fathers and Britain's King Gorge III. "There
are amazing things and people don't know that we have them," said Diane
Vogt-O'Connor, senior archivist at the park service's Museum Management
Project. "We've been dying to share"
[SOURCE: CyberTimes, AUTHOR: Pamela Mendels]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/cyber/education/03education.html
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CENTRAL BANKERS COME AND GO; RADIO FAVELA DELIVERS ANOTHER BRAZIL
Issue: Radio/International
Citizens of the favelas, or shantytowns, of Brazil