[PN] From Readers (20 July 2004)

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* Resources 

"http://www.selfaccess.com is a site designed specifically for English 
language students. There are more than 300 lessons available in the 
library. Intermediate level students and above can opt to use the 
Academic lessons to assist in preparation for TOEIC, TOEFL, 
IELTS or FCE. The General English exercises provide listening, 
reading, writing and grammar exercises from elementary to advanced. 
These lessons are used by universities, ESL schools and secondary 
schools all over the world. A free trial is available.
http://www.english-to-go.com produces printable lessons on a 
myriad of global news themes and stores them in a searchable, 
on-line library for teachers. Photocopiable 'Instant Lessons' range 
from elementary to advanced and contain news articles, pre-reading 
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with teachers' notes and answer keys. "English-to-go, the first 
serious attempt to teach online via the Internet, is a fun and 
creative way to learn the language. For teachers it's a godsend: 
no more hacking up daily papers and then spending hours creating 
a lesson around a clipping. ETG does the job for you ..." Japan Times.
We are a company based in New Zealand.
We can organise passwords etc. to enable you to tour the sites.
Rachel Ellis, Associate Editor - http://www.english-to-go.com
Photocopiable & Online Lessons for Teachers and Learners of English."

"Am forwarding you a copy of Kev's News from which you might find 
items of interest to Papyrus readers. Aloha,
Muriel Fujii, Honolulu Community College"
[Excerpts:] Recent progress in 3D visualization technology allows 
"virtual excavation", in this case, the ability to completely examine 
the contents of a 3,000 year-old mummy without touching it:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/15/MUMMY.TMP
Computer visionary Alan Kay "decries the state of computing":
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,661671,00.html
Have you read about the children ["tortured"] at Abu Ghraib?
http://www.thismodernworld.com/weblog/mtarchives/week_2004_07_04.html#001637
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* References

Funny flash spoof of Kerry as well as Bush
http://www.jibjab.com/new.aspx

* Periodical articles

Too Much TV in Childhood Tied to Poor Health Later
Reuters, 16 July 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=5694889

Democracy in the Balance
"How do we nurture the healing side of religion over the killing side?"
by Bill Moyers, Sojourners Magazine, August 2004
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0408&article=040810

Sailing Toward a Storm in China
"U.S. maneuvers could spark a war"
[Neo-conservatives are sending an unprecedented (even in war) 
7 aircraft carrier groups to the coast of China, near Taiwan,
which will serve to strengthen the worst elements in China
and risk war, but can only help Bush's re-election chances - Ed.]
By Chalmers Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2004
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6497.htm

Collegially, Steve McCarty
Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
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